Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse Ejo

Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse is a French-Rwandan writer and a survivor of the genocide against the Tutsi. She is the author of three books, and several collections of short stories and poetry. Her writing has received a number of literary prizes in France and abroad. Together with Beata we will read and discuss selected parts of Beata's short stories collection Ejo. Victoire Karera Kampire, curator of When facing erasure... and one of Beursschouwburg's associated artists, is currently working on a new film that will also be titled Ejo, inspired by these short stories. — photo © Frank Smith