Blood Ties Book

Blood Ties

By Fred Mfuranzima & Isoko Group

“Stories etched in blood, passed through time.”

Blood Ties is a powerful blend of storytelling, poetry, truth-telling, and cultural memory from the African Great Lakes region. Through voices both ancestral and modern, this book explores the complicated beauty of family, identity, love, and legacy — across borders, generations, and buried truths.

From forbidden romances between cousins, to the heartbreak of genocide survivors confronting family secrets, to poetic reflections on kinship, trauma, and resilience — Blood Ties dares to say what many only whisper: And some stories must be told, no matter how hard.