Immaculée Ilibagiza

Immaculée Ilibagiza, 2007

Immaculée Ilibagiza (born 1972) is a Rwandan author and motivational speaker. She is also a Roman Catholic and Tutsi. Her first book, Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust (2006), is an autobiographical work detailing how she survived during the Rwandan Genocide and how she felt when all of her family was killed by the Interhamwe soldiers who were Hutu. She was featured on PBS on one of Wayne Dyer's programs, and also on a December 3, 2006 segment of 60 Minutes (which re-aired on July 1, 2007).

Left to Tell recounts Immaculée Ilibagiza’s experience during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. She survived hidden for 91 days with seven other women in a small bathroom, no larger than 3 feet (0.91 m) long and 4 feet (1.2 m) wide. The bathroom was concealed in a room behind a wardrobe in the home of a Pastor. During the genocide, most of Ilibagiza’s family was killed; her mother, her father, and her two brothers Damascene and Vianney. Besides herself, the only other survivor in her family was her brother Aimable, who was studying out of the country in Senegal. With a lot of strength, she shares how her faith, being a Roman Catholic, was what guided her in such a horrible experience.

Ilibagiza speaks all over the world and is the recipient of the 2007 Mahatma Gandhi Reconciliation and Peace Award. She also has another following book called, "Led by Faith"

Books

• Ilibagiza, Immaculée (with Steve Erwin) (2006). Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust. Hay House. ISBN 1401908969.

• Ilibagiza, Immaculee (with Steve Erwin) (2008). Led by Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide. Hay House, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4019-1887-3

• Ilibagiza, Immaculee (with Steve Erwin) (2008). Our Lady of Kibeho: Mary Speaks to the World from the Heart of Africa. Hay House, Inc. ISBN 140192378X

External links

• Immaculee.com
• Apostles of Our Lady of Kibeho
• Official website
• Rwandan Genocide Survivor Recalls Horror 60 Minutes segment was originally broadcast on Dec. 3, 2006 and updated on June 28, 2007. Transcript and video segment (12:57).
• Immaculee's report of Our Lady of Kibeho's message during an apparition
• At Issue: Survivor of Rwanda (Windows Media, Quicktime). Interview of Immaculee Ilibagiza on At Issue, episode #2011, 11/22/2007, (26:47); produced by PBS station WTVP in Peoria, Illinois.