A Memoir · 2016 · New Edition Fall 2026
— Henriette, from the Preface
A memoir of survival, faith, and the discipline of carrying — by Henriette Nyirarukundo Ngenga, with Kristin Poncé Baker.
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Carrying Divine
An early excerpt from the audiobook
From the Book · Chapter One
“...these labels were not granted to us by a wise and loving God in heaven; they were issued by a confused and prideful man in a uniform.”
— From Carrying Divine, Chapter One
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Henriette’s voice, reading her own story. Narrated in full. Join the waitlist to be notified when pre-orders open.
Praise · Boston College Law Magazine
“Law holds immense power, both in enabling hate and delivering redemption. As Henriette’s story illustrates, it can uplift and protect, or it can dehumanize and destroy.”
Vincent Rougeau · then Dean, BC Law School · now President, College of the Holy Cross · March 2017
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The Book
Carrying Divine.
My Rwanda Genocide Survivor Story
Paperback · 248 pages · Xulon Press (2016). New edition forthcoming Fall 2026.
About Henriette
Henriette Nyirarukundo Ngenga survived the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi while carrying her fifth child — a daughter she named Divine — and keeping four other young children alive across one hundred days. She lost her parents, Karamuka and Uzamutuma, and six of her nine siblings. She adopted her niece Angelique, rescued from a pile of bodies at age three, and Chantal, the daughter of the family that had hidden them. After years of separation she reunited her eight children in the United States in 1999.
She is the author of Carrying Divine, written with Kristin Poncé Baker, and speaks to churches, schools, and women’s gatherings on faith, motherhood, language, and forgiveness as a daily discipline. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona, and continues to write and speak.
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