Josh Ruxin – “A Thousand Hills to Heaven”

It’s been 20 years since Rwanda was the scene of gruesome genocidal violence. As many as a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were literally hacked to pieces by roving death squads during the spring of 1994. Perhaps there’s no better symbol of the nation’s recovery than a village cluster called Mayange and a restaurant called Heaven. Columbia University Professor Josh Ruxin has had a firsthand view of Rwanda’s recovery as director of Health Builders, which helps operate rural health centers. He shares his experiences in a new memoir, "A Thousand Hills to Heaven: Love, Hope, and a Restaurant in Rwanda".