ISBN:
9781306799706
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9780691102801
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9781400851720
,
1400851726
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (364 Seiten)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mamdani, Mahmood, 1946 - When victims become killers
Parallel Title:
Print version When victims become killers
Keywords:
Hutu (African people) Politics and government
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Genocide History 20th century
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Tutsi (African people) Crimes against 20th century
;
History
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Völkermord
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Stamm
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Volk
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Hutu
;
Tutsi
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Minderheitenfrage
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Sozialer Konflikt
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Ursache
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Konflikt
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Identität
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Macht
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Kolonialismus
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Auswirkung
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Rwanda Ethnic relations 20th century
;
History
;
Rwanda Politics and government
;
Ruanda
Abstract:
"Rejecting easy explanations of the genocide as a mysterious evil force that was bizarrely unleashed, one of Africa's best-known intellectuals situates the tragedy in its proper context. He coaxes to the surface the historical, geographical, and political forces that made it possible for so many Hutu to turn so brutally on their neighbors. He finds answers in the nature of political identities generated during colonialism, in the failures of the nationalist revolution to transcend these identities, and in regional demographic and political currents that reach well beyond Rwanda. In so doing, Mahmood Mamdani broadens understanding of citizenship and political identity in postcolonial Africa." "Mamdani's analysis provides a foundation for future studies of the massacre. His answers point a way out of crisis: a direction for reforming political identity in central Africa and preventing future tragedies."--Jacket
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Thinking about genocideDefining the crisis of postcolonial citizenship: settler and native as political identities -- The origins of Hutu and Tutsi -- The racialization of the Hutu/Tutsi difference under colonialism -- The "Social Revolution" of 1959 -- The Second Republic: redefining Tutsi from race to ethnicity -- The politics of indigeneity in Uganda: background to the RPF invasion -- The Civil War and the Genocide -- Tutsi power in Rwanda and the citizenship crisis in Eastern Congo -- Conclusion: Political reform after genocide.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [343]-355) and index
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