Le "Historical dictionary of Rwanda" de Learthen Dorsey
Author | : Innocent Himbaza |
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Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1997 |
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Author | : Innocent Himbaza |
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Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 1997 |
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Author | : Aimable Twagilimana |
Publisher | : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2007-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0810864266 |
Blessed with natural beauty and rich vegetation, Rwanda is often called the 'land of a thousand hills' (le pays des mille collines). A proud people, the Banyarwanda (Rwandans) possess a centric view of the world, believing that Imana (God) favors Rwanda, as conveyed through the saying 'Imana yirirwa ahandi igataha i Rwanda' (God spends the day some place else but goes back home to Rwanda to sleep) and the fact that Rwanda means 'the universe.' However, this idyllic view of Rwanda sharply contrasts with the sad history of ethnic strife that has unfolded in the country since the 1950s: the 1959 Hutu Revolution followed by years of anti-Tutsi pogroms, undemocratic regimes, the civil war of 1990-1994, and, more significantly, the April-July 1994 genocide against the Tutsi and Hutu who opposed the killings. This new edition of Historical Dictionary of Rwanda, through its chronology, introductory essays, appendixes, maps, bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important persons, places, events, and institutions and significant political, economic, social, and cultural aspects, provides an important reference on this central African country.
Author | : Learthen Dorsey |
Publisher | : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press |
Total Pages | : 472 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
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An extensive survey of political, social, and economic events in Rwanda from antiquity to the present.
Author | : Linda Melvern |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 296 |
Release | : 2000-08 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781856498319 |
In 1994 up to one million people were killed in Rwanda in a deliberate, public and political campaign. For five years, Linda Melvern has worked on the story of this great crime, and this book, a classic piece of investigative journalism, is the result. The new and startling information this book contains has the making of an international scandal. Melvern reveals how the great powers failed to heed the warnings of the coming catastrophe, andrefused to recognize the genocide when it began, ignoring obligations under international law, specifically the genocide convention. A set of secret documents leaked to the author from within the Security Council proves that the circumstances of the genocide were suppressed or ignored.
Author | : Villia Jefremovas |
Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2012-02-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0791488020 |
Brickyards to Graveyards examines how the overidealized picture of Rwanda as the darling of the world community in the 1980s was shattered amidst the genocide that occurred a decade later. The brick and tile industries of Rwanda provide a microcosm to examine the transformation of gender, class, and power relations through the precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial periods, and provide insights into the explosive impact of these changes on Rwandan culture and society. The book illustrates how these gender, class, and power relations played out in times of economic, political, and demographic crisis, and argues that these factors have not changed significantly since the Rwandan Patriotic Front took power in 1994.
Author | : Phillip A. Cantrell |
Publisher | : University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2022-01-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0299335100 |
Phillip A. Cantrell II takes a critical look at the Anglican Church's crucial role in many aspects of Rwanda's history, particularly its complicity with the current Rwandan regime. He boldly illuminates the Anglican Church's culpability in the events leading to the genocide, calling attention to the consequences of the church's unwavering support for the Rwandan regime.
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Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Africa |
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Author | : Erik Doxtader |
Publisher | : New Africa Books |
Total Pages | : 440 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780864866134 |
This collection of essays presents 15 case studies of African countries whose recent past has been shaped by conflict. It examines the historical roots of violence and the potential for reconciliation and justice.
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Total Pages | : 820 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Bibliographical literature |
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Total Pages | : 346 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Africa |
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