A Rwandese Child Soldier - Tapa blanda

“Never judge a book by its cover....” Same turned the case with Claude. His childhood days were as smooth as butter. The only twist and turn came, when his father, the former Army Major, the father of the revolving character-CLAUDE, lost his life and power due to certain misconceptions. The Rwandan Genocide of 1994 turned the table 360 degree. The genocide acted as the U turn of Claude’s life. Claude’s entire family, including his father, mother and grandmother were brutally stabbed. Loosing his near and dear ones, turned him into a figure as hard as rock. Even though he and his three siblings survived the hammer stroke, but the stroke felt even harder when he was separated away from them for his entire life. In the due course they moved to army secured zone and he willingly took a new path along with his Godfather-Jali.