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""My grandparents used to tell me Rwanda is a country unlike any other, and I knew they spoke the truth. Blessed with majestic mountains and breathtaking valleys, it is a sacred and spiritual land. And yet Rwandan men drenched the land in blood in acts of hate so horrific that the stains of those three years will not fade in one hundred lifetimes."" At the age of eight, Alpha Nkuranga made a fateful decision. With war raging around her, she grabbed the hand of her younger brother, Elijah, and ran from her grandparents' home. When they came to a swamp, they hid until it was safe to escape. Weeks later, they joined a group of refugees, who were fleeing to Tanzania. ""If I kept walking,"" Alpha remembers thinking, ""I could tell my story."" Nkuranga emigrated to Canada more than a decade later. She now works with women and children who face abuse and homelessness. In Born to Walk, she tells a remarkable story of resistance and survival.

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Tyla Collier holds a BFA in musical theater from The Boston Conservatory. She is a five-time AudioFile Earphones Award winner and can be heard in many audiobooks. Her narration for Lesa Cline-Ransome's For Lamb was on AudioFile's Best Books of 2023 list, in the YA category. In addition to narration, Tyla's voice can be heard in video games, commercials for Macy's and Swiffer, and more. A professional stage actor who got her start in musical theater, she has also performed in the Broadway National Tour of Hadestown, Off-Broadway at The Public and St Luke's Theaters, and on many other stages across the country. When she's not performing, Tyla enjoys playing The Sims and eating dessert.

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