The Dartmouth has an article on a visit and talk by author Robert Bazambanza, who discussed the horrific events of the Rwandan genocide and how it has affected his graphic novels work. Speaking through an interpreter Bazambanza summed it up somewhat when he said “We were actually sleeping in paradise, But we woke up and it was hell.” He showed some work from his new graphic novel “Mutesi in New York”, which used a metaphor of the Titanic to stand for the feelings of Rwandans during the hideous events, saying that, like the Titanic, as the situation worsened the people realised they had no place to flee. I’m afraid a Google search didn’t turn up much on the new book, so I’m unsure if any English-language publishers are making it available in the UK and US. On a similar theme, First Second published Deogratias: a Tale of Rwanda by JP Stassen last summer.
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