Provides first-person accounts of everyday life for today's Rwandan teenagers and what they have learned from the ethnic-based genocide in 1994 when the Hutu killed eight hundred thousand Tutsis.

"Originally published in French in 2015 by Éditions Gallimard, Paris, as Un papa de sang."

Memory. The marshes -- Jean-Pierre Habimana -- At the market -- Immaculée Feza -- Fishing on the Akagera -- Idelphonse Habinshuti -- A pile of cassava -- Nadine Umutesi -- In Rilima -- Fabiola Mukayishimire -- Sidesaddle on a bike-taxi -- Ange Uwase -- Hanging around on Main Street -- Fabrice Tuyishimire -- The house with the crimson roof -- Sandra Isimbi -- Ernestine's murder -- Jean-Damscène Ndayambaje -- The parents. Mother Courage -- Jacqueline Mukamana -- Mama Nema's veranda -- Innocent Rwililiza -- Sacks of beans at Alphonse and Consolée's place -- Alphonse Hitiyaremye and Consolée Murekatete -- Sylvie's temple -- Sylvie Umubyeyi -- Claudine's mudugudu -- Claudine Kayitesi -- The future. Nadine Umutesi -- Idelphonse Habinshuti -- Jean-Damscène Ndayambaje -- Ange Uwase -- Immaculée Feza -- Fabiola Mukayishimire -- Fabrice Tuyishimire -- Sandra Isimbi -- Jean-Pierre Habimana -- Chronology of events in Rwanda and in the district of Nyamata.