By Jonathon Van Maren Here they are, stream-of-consciousness style. **** At the main market in downtown Kigali, it was easy to see why the locals were so insistent on hurrying us over to their stalls to buy their wares: it was to ensure that we actually beat the massive swarms of black flies that were…
By Jonathon Van Maren So it turns out that if you remain utterly comatose for an entire nine-hour flight, the stewardess may get worried. She obviously had not heard that travel clinics now dispense sleeping pills to “help deal with jetlag,” so I gulped one down during takeoff from Amsterdam, wondered briefly if it would…
When the genocide began in Rwanda in 1994, most foreigners fled the country. Missionary Carl Wilkens was the only American who refused to leave the country, remaining in Rwanda for the entire duration of the genocide. He joined Jonathon to talk about what he saw.
Imaculee Ilibagiza is a survivor of the Rwandan Genocide. She wrote her powerful story in the book Left To Tell. She joined Jonathon to discuss her experiences, and the power of forgiveness.