The True Sources of the Nile

Posted on 26 May 2018 by Sarah Stone

After a year, central Africa has finally started to feel like home to Anne, a human rights activist from California Deeply committed to helping the strife torn nation of Burundi during its first democratic elections, Anne has also begun an intoxicating affair with Jean Pierre, a government official allied with the Tutsi ruling class But when the election brings the rival Hutus to power, violence breaks out, leaving thousands of people dead, and laying bare disturbing secrets about Anne s lover and his family She reluctantly returns to California, only to discover troubling secrets in her own family As she struggles with the moral implications of all she has learned, Anne must reconcile complex conflicting claims of duty and love The True Sources of the Nile unfolds like a passionately felt love affair that initially obscures the world around it, then comes to brilliantly illuminate it From the Trade Paperback edition. Read The True Sources of the Nile – kino-fada.fr Burundi.While some of the book, the second half really takes place in the US it resonates with how an American expat brings the country with them when they return to the USA Frankly, to me, that is an integral part of visiting so I am keeping this as a part of my reading around the world read a thon.I am not sure why I did not chosethan three stars, it might be perhaps that while I could identify in some ways with the main character, I could not really make that connection The characte Burundi.While some of the book, the second half really takes place in the US it resonates wi...I thoroughly enjoyed the book the writing, the setting in Burundi and then the US, the interesting issues it raises about how well we know people that are close to us The major problem I had with the book was that the ending was puzzling and a bit of an anti climax.This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here I was really surprised at myself when I picked this out at the library In its essence, it s a romance and character growth novel It takes place partly in Burundi at the outbreak of violence between the Hutus and Tutsis in the mid 1990s, and partly in San Francisco Anne falls in love with a Tutsi upper class prince and share...Gripping narrative that tells the tale of a white woman s struggle to come to terms with her experience in genocide ravaged, colonialized Bujambari I read An Ordinary Man, this summer, Paul Rusenabagina s autobiography about the massacre of Tutsis by the Hutus in Rwanda a situation of course caused by the colonization of Rwanda by Germany and then Belgium who establish a system in which the Tutsis were treated as superior to the Hutus leading to intense revenge tactics when the Belgians pul Gripping narrative that tells the tale of a white woman s struggle to come to terms with her exper...A remarkable novel about a human rights worker in Burundi, who falls in love with a local government official who turns out to have a troubling secret She returns home to help her two sisters, with wh...Okay book but excruiatingly annoying and trite ending Interesting for its depiction of modern day Burundi, but that was it, as the love affair related in the book was also trite and immature in so many ways...At first I had a hard time relating to the main character as her passion seemed to overwhelm her senses which I cannot relate to Initially I found her weak and naive Her character grows so much and I found myself eventually relating to her and in fact commiserating with her I read this boo...Dark story due to the history of the country The relationship of the lovers seems destined to work out even with their extremely different backgrounds but the harrowing experiences lead to road blocks.I found the ending anticlimactic and disjointed but maybe it fit the leading character whom also...Vivid, even disturbing portrayal of harsh realities faced by an idealistic, passionate young woman attempting to meld the wildly contrasting cultures histories families of her and her Burundian lover A little too tidy in the end, but lush and messy enough throughout to make up for that.LOVE IT a great and thoughtful love story about an expat American living in Africa.how the african sensibilites may not seem to be as sweepingly different at first glance, but where we are from is an integral part of who we are.

English
26 May 2018

Sarah Stone