Posted at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, January 4, 2007
Rwandan genocide survivor, author to speak at church
Advertiser Staff
Voted one of Beliefnet's "Most Inspiring" people of 2006, Immaculee Ilibagiza, the survivor of the Rwandan genocide who hid for three months in a 3-foot by 4-foot bathroom with seven other women, will next month speak at St. Ann's Church in Kane'ohe.Ilibagiza will be speaking at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at St. Ann's, 46-129 Haiku Road. Her book, "Left to Tell," was turned into a same-titled documentary, which stresses forgiveness for enemies and prayer.
Beliefnet, a spirituality Web site, says Ilibagiza was forced to hide from her attackers in a 3-foot by 4-foot bathroom, with seven other women, for 91 days in 1994. When she emerged from her asylum, Ilibagiza found that she had lost her parents, grandparents and three brothers.
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