We don’t write about the human emotions of conflicts; we wr… - Clemantine Wamariya

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We don’t write about the human emotions of conflicts; we write about the political and economic aftermath. I wanted to write about those feelings.

Clemantine Wamariya

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About Clemantine Wamariya

Clemantine Wamariya (born 1988) is a Rwandan-American Author, speaker, and human rights activist.

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Alternative Names: Joyful Clemantine Wamariya

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I resent and revile [the word genocide]. The word is tidy and efficient. It holds no true emotion. It is impersonal when it needs to be intimate, cool and sterile when it needs to be gruesome. The word is hollow, true but disingenuous, a performance, the worst kind of lie.

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There is so much human pain and suffering in the world. I want to honor all those difficult experiences and acknowledge their aftermath.

We don’t write about the human emotions of conflicts; we write about the political and economic aftermath. I wanted to write about those feelings. - Clemantine Wamariya

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