PAUL RUSESABAGINA
Friday, March 9 at 6 p.m.

An honor to have here on this eventful, East African-related evening Paul Rusesabagina of Rwanda. The son of a Hutu father and Tutsi mother, he sheltered over 1200 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the Hôtel des Milles Collines during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. His undertaking inspired the acclaimed film, Hotel Rwanda. He speaks here today about the experiences that have put him where he is now, the current realities of Rwanda, and his much-praised autobiography, An Ordinary Man (Penguin, new in paper; co-written by Tom Zoellner). "Rusesabagina weaves his country's history with his personal history into a rich narrative that attempts to explain the unexplainable...The book's emotional power comes from his understatement and humility." - The Boston Globe.

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