Linden, Lan Church and Revolution in Rwanda
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ian Linden
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780719006715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Gérard Prunier
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780231104098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the spring of 1994 the tiny African nation of Rwanda exploded onto the international media stage, as internal strife reached genocidal proportions. But the horror that unfolded before our eyes had been building steadily for years before it captured the attention of the world. In The Rwanda Crisis, journalist and Africa scholar Gérard Prunier provides a historical perspective that Western readers need to understand how and why the brutal massacres of 800,000 Rwandese came to pass. Prunier shows how the events in Rwanda were part of a deadly logic, a plan that served central political and economic interests, rather than a result of ancient tribal hatreds--a notion often invoked by the media to dramatize the fighting. The Rwanda Crisis makes great strides in dispelling the racist cultural myths surrounding the people of Rwanda, views propogated by European colonialists in the nineteenth century and carved into "history" by Western influence. Prunier demonstrates how the struggle for cultural dominance and subjugation among the Hutu and Tutsi--the central players in the recent massacres--was exploited by racially obsessed Europeans. He shows how Western colonialists helped to construct a Tutsi identity as a superior racial type because of their distinctly "non-Negro" features in order to facilitate greater control over the Rwandese. Expertly leading readers on a journey through the troubled history of the country and its surroundings, Prunier moves from the pre-colonial Kingdom of Rwanda, though German and Belgian colonial regimes, to the 1973 coup. The book chronicles the developing refugee crisis in Rwanda and neighboring Uganda in the 1970s and 1980s and offers the most comprehensive account available of the manipulations of popular sentiment that led to the genocide and the events that have followed. In the aftermath of this devastating tragedy, The Rwanda Crisis is the first clear-eyed analysis available to American readers. From the massacres to the subsequent cholera epidemic and emerging refugee crisis, Prunier details the horrifying events of recent years and considers propsects for the future of Rwanda.
Author: Timothy Longman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 0521191394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book studies the role of Christian churches in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Timothy Longman's research shows that Rwandan churches have consistently allied themselves with the state and engaged in ethnic politics, making them a center of struggle over power and resources. He argues that the genocide in Rwanda was a conservative response to progressive forces that were attempting to democratize Christian churches.
Author: Robert Blackey
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 520
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 576
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Author: Library of Congress
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Tharcisse Gatwa
Publisher: OCMS
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781870345248
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 1032
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Author: Martin Meredith
Publisher: Public Affairs
Published: 2005-07-05
Total Pages: 802
ISBN-13: 9781586482466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTraces the history of Africa in the fifty years since the independence era began, describing how the withdrawal of Europe's colonial powers influenced the African people and culture.