348: What if you survived the Burundian genocide?

348: What if you survived the Burundian genocide?

During the 1993 mass killing of Tutsis in Burundi, a young man raised in a tight-knit community becomes a target of ethnic cleansing, but as he faces his final, horrifying moments, he runs for his survival, awakening to a new life.

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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock

Content/Trigger Warnings: mass killing, burning humans alive, machete/chopping of humans, death march, genocide, explicit language


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