Born to Walk
eBook - ePub

Born to Walk

My Journey of Trials and Resilience

  1. 258 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Born to Walk

My Journey of Trials and Resilience

About this book

"My grandparents used to tell me Rwanda is a country unlike any other, and I knew they spoke the truth. Blessed with majestic mountains and breathtaking valleys, it is a sacred and spiritual land. And yet Rwandan men drenched the land in blood in acts of hate so horrific that the stains of those three years will not fade in one hundred lifetimes."

At the age of eight, Alpha Nkuranga made a fateful decision. With war raging around her, she grabbed the hand of her younger brother, Elijah, and ran from her grandparents' home. When they came to a swamp, they hid until it was safe to escape. Weeks later, they joined a group of refugees, who were fleeing to Tanzania. "If I kept walking, " Alpha remembers thinking, "I could tell my story."

Nkuranga emigrated to Canada more than a decade later. She now works with women and children who face abuse and homelessness. In Born to Walk, she tells a remarkable story of resistance and survival.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise for Born to Walk
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Epigraph
  7. Content Note
  8. Contents
  9. Map 1
  10. Map 2
  11. Prologue
  12. Imigani
  13. Girlhood
  14. Kugenda Munda
  15. The Long Journey
  16. Finding My Aunt and Mama
  17. The Man Who Fought the Leopard
  18. A Twig Strike in the Eye Sharpens Your Gaze
  19. The Magic Shoes
  20. The Lost Girl
  21. Engata
  22. Lost and Found
  23. The Long Road Home
  24. Married Life
  25. The Land of Milk and Honey
  26. The Weather Shock
  27. Heated Water Will Never Forget That It Was Once Cold
  28. Giving Back
  29. Epilogue
  30. Acknowledgements
  31. About the Author