CHRISTMAS IN TANGANYIKA is Jonathan Russin's memoir about his experiences in 1961 when he took a year off from law school to take part in a one-year assignment as a research assistant to the Dean of the Law Faculty at the new University of East Africa. During the Christmas/New Year recess, Russin volunteered with the Home Ministry to assist with a program to aidrefugees from the Hutu-Tutsi conflict in Ruanda-which became Rwanda in 1964 upon gaining independence. CHRISTMAS IN TANGANYIKA is the account he wrote upon returning from the refugee camp, while the story was still fresh in his mind. The story is as fresh today as it was more than fifty years ago. It is a story of reaching out to help others; it is a story of perseverance; it is a story of hope."