The Convoy: Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse in Conversation

The Convoy by Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse

Beginning by making contact with the BBC team which filmed the convoy, then by tracking down aid workers, journalists and fellow escapees and scouring archives in a search for photographs of her crossing of the border, the author pieces together records and personal accounts to try to comprehend the chaos that overtook Rwanda at the time of the genocide.
(English version, translated from the French by Ruth Diver, published by Open Borders Press, 2025)

Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse will be joined by Professor Patrick Bray and Dr Hélène Neveu Kringelbach (UCL SELCS-CMII).

All welcome but please register to attend: https://ucl-ias-theconvoy.eventbrite.co.uk

This event has been co-organised by UCL Africa Research Centre and UCL Centre for French & Francophone Research.

The Africa Research Centre aspires to contribute to advancing knowledge of the peoples, societies and cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora. It aims to be a platform for discussions of relevant issues related to the interests and wellbeing of Africans and those in the diasporic population.

The Centre for French and Francophone Research provides a showcase for the diversity of French and Francophone studies in a global context across many disciplines at UCL, including literary studies, history, philosophy, art history, anthropology, global health, and the physical sciences. The goal is to create a space for researchers and students from across the university broadly interested in the French-speaking world to share their work and to promote interdisciplinary collaboration.