• Daunt Books have recently released English language editions of two of Scholastique Mukasonga’s classic works. Born in Rwanda, Mukasonga has direct experience of the ethnic conflict that has scarred her homeland. In 1960, her Tutsi family was exiled to a region on the Burundi border.
In The Barefoot Woman (2022), translated from the French by Jordan Stump, she recounts her childhood and courage of her mother, Stefania, and the Rwandan…
