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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families

Philip Gourevitch
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48 pages • 1 hour read

Philip Gourevitch

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1998

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  • Before You Read Sparkles iconBeta

  • Summary

    • Chapter Summaries & Analyses

  • Chapters 1-8

  • Chapters 9-15

  • Chapters 16-22

  • Key Figures

  • Themes

  • Index of Terms

  • Important Quotes

  • Essay Topics

    • Essay Topics

    1.

    How did the European colonizers of Rwanda contribute to the animosity between Hutus and Tutsis? Why did they do so? Were there echoes of this racism in the international response to the genocide in 1994?

    2.

    How does Odette Nyiramilimo’s life before the genocide shed light on the experiences of Tutsis living under Hutu dictatorship?

    3.

    Why did Philip Gourevitch title his book We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families? What is the significance of this line and Pastor Ntakirutimana’s reaction to it?

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