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For those who do not believe in miracles
The resilience of a Rwandan woman who survived the genocide
Mama Lambert & Hans Dekkers (2022, 3rd updated edition) (238 pages, English)
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Upon coming face-to-face with death, Beata escapes its fearsome grasp at the last moment. This hair-raising escape alone justifies the book’s title, ‘For those who do not believe in miracles’, a biography of Beata Mukarubuga. An almost unbelievable tale of the horrors of the genocide against the Tutsi that broke out in 1994 in Rwanda, as seen through the eyes of Beata, a Tutsi woman and one of its victims. She was on the run for three months with her one year-old son, Lambert, on her back. She survives the terrible slaughter, but loses everything dear to her. Now she faces the nearly impossible task of building a new future for herself all alone. But Beata shows amazing resilience, leaves the name ‘Beata’ behind and goes forward in life as Mama Lambert. The reader follows her difficult journey in which forgiveness, reconciliation and strong faith are the healing powers that form the basis for her renewed existence and rightly give the book its title ‘For those who do not believe in miracles.’
Mama Lambert (1952) has been the head of counseling of Solace Ministries in Rwanda since 2002, where she supported thousands and thousands of genocide survivors in coming to terms with the genocide against the Tutsi, including the women and men in the Mukomeze program. Hans Dekkers (1946) from the Netherlands wrote down Mama Lambert’s life story.
In September 2024, Mama Lambert sadly passed away, leaving behind many people who loved her and she also left behind a big legacy as can be read in her book.
