Mrs. Angeline Bandon-Bibum's Blog (6)

An apocalyptic genocide has commenced in the heart of Africa.  Joseph Kalisa, a corporate lawyer living in Washington, D.C., has returned to his homeland in Rwanda to help save his family, and thousands of other people, from total annihilation.  Can it be done?  Or, is the genocidal killing machine unstoppable? Joseph, and his fellow rebel soldiers, must somehow beat the odds against them to stop the killing of an entire ethnic group of people. …

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     I have found a way to share the beginning of my self-actualizing journey into becoming a writer.   Many people have said to me that they too wanted to become writers, and I was told that it would be a good idea to share what I know about my own journey.  So, here it is...

Journey to Writer - A 7-Week Writing Webinar/Teleseminar  …

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I'm working on Lamentations of a Warrior, the sequel to my first novel, Sojourner's Dream.  I started working on Lamentations of a Warrior in 2006.  Since my duties as a mother and a wife are first priority, not to mention that I was working a full-time job, the writing process was slow.  My family had been supportive of my writing the first novel, yet they wanted their attention, too.  So, the sequel was often put on the back burner, so to speak.  Nonetheless, I'm…

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Happy Friday! I wish you peace on this day, International Day of Peace, and always.

A smile for a friend, handshake for an acquaintance, hug for a family member, or supportive words for a spouse, these are ways we can start to express our wish for peace.

Peace can affect everything that happens in our world. An individual’s inner peace, or lack of it, can affect the peace of his family in a positive or negative way. For instance, a peaceful person can be a joy to be around, a…

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By Angeline Bandon-Bibum



"April is the cruellest month,"[1] wrote T.S. Eliot in his poem, The Waste Land. This line seemed to ring true in April of 1994. On April 6, 1994, a cruel course of events would begin in Rwanda. A planned and organized massacre was executed by people across all classes from the poor subsistence farmer, to the middle class schoolmaster, local administrators, and other government officials. There have been genocides throughout human history, in continents all… Continue

It started on April 6, 1994...

The Rwandan genocide that occurred in the spring and summer of 1994 was a mind-bogglingly brutal 3-months-long massacre. At the time, most of us knew little about it. Since then, we've seen movies, like Hotel Rwanda and Sometimes in April, which provided sanitized and summarized views of the events. Still, it behooves us, as human beings, to understand what factors caused this tragedy to occur in modern… Continue