My Child
Memory, Survival, and Hope
Published on 5. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
86 pages
978-3-384-90577-2 (ISBN)
Description
My Child is a collection of emotional poems written from the heart of a survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Through each poem, the author speaks to a child-representing the next generation-about memory, identity, loss, and hope.
The book carries stories of pain, but also of resilience and rebuilding. It helps young readers and adults understand the importance of remembering the past while finding strength to move forward. Each poem is a message of love, a bridge between generations, and a reminder that even after darkness, life continues.
My Child is not only about grief-it is about survival, healing, and the power of passing truth and hope to the future.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hamburg
Germany
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 190 mm
Width: 120 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
99 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-384-90577-2 (9783384905772)
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Person
Judence Kayitesi is a Rwandan-German author, educator, and founder of Inzozi Publisher. Her work focuses on memory, identity, belonging, and the emotional journeys of individuals who live between cultures. With a strong narrative voice and a deep commitment to truth-telling, she writes stories that bridge personal experience and collective history.
Kayitesi is the author of several acclaimed works, including A Broken Life, Resilience is a Choice, Unity Quest, and Letters to Forever. Her writing has been recognized for its emotional depth and its ability to speak to both individual readers and wider community conversations around healing and cross-cultural understanding.
In addition to her writing, Kayitesi is trained as an early childhood educator and workshop facilitator. She develops programs that engage youth and families in dialogue around resilience, heritage, and rebuilding identity after trauma. She works actively within the Rwandan diaspora and educational communities in Germany.
She currently lives in Germany with her family, where she continues to write, teach, speak, and build spaces for connection through literature and storytelling.