Memory and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda
Title | Memory and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Longman |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 2017-07-13 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1107678099 |
A critical exploration of the steps taken to promote peace, reconciliation and justice in post-genocide Rwanda.
Memory and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda
Title | Memory and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda PDF eBook |
Author | Timothy Longman |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 2017-07-13 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 110824050X |
Following times of great conflict and tragedy, many countries implement programs and policies of transitional justice, none more extensive than in post-genocide Rwanda. Placing Rwanda's transitional justice initiatives in their historical and political context, this book examines the project undertaken by the post-genocide government to shape the collective memory of the Rwandan population, both through political and judicial reforms but also in public commemorations and memorials. Drawing on over two decades of field research in Rwanda, Longman uses surveys and comparative local case studies to explore Rwanda's response both at a governmental and local level. He argues that despite good intentions and important innovations, Rwanda's authoritarian political context has hindered the ability of transnational justice to bring the radical social and political transformations that its advocates hoped. Moreover, it continues to heighten the political and economic inequalities that underline ethnic divisions and are an important ongoing barrier to reconciliation.
After Genocide
Title | After Genocide PDF eBook |
Author | Nicole Fox |
Publisher | University of Wisconsin Pres |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2021-07-27 |
Genre | HISTORY |
ISBN | 0299332209 |
Nicole Fox investigates the ways memorials can shape the experiences of survivors decades after massacres have ended. She examines how memorializations can both heal and hurt, especially when they fail to represent all genders, ethnicities, and classes of those afflicted.
After Genocide
Title | After Genocide PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Clark |
Publisher | |
Pages | 399 |
Release | 2009-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780231700825 |
"The book features chapters from leading scholars in this field, including William Schabas, Rene Lemarchand, Linda Melvern, Kalypso Nicolaidis, and Jennifer Welsh, along with senior government and non-government officials involved in matters related to Rwanda and transitional justice, including Hassan Bubacar Jallow (prosecutor of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda), Martin Ngoga (prosecutor general of the Republic of Rwanda), and Luis Moreno Ocampo (prosecutor of the International Criminal Court). After Genocide also offers an unprecedented debate between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Reni Lemarchand on post-genocide memory and governance in Rwanda.".
Genocide Lives in Us
Title | Genocide Lives in Us PDF eBook |
Author | Jennie E. Burnet |
Publisher | University of Wisconsin Pres |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 2012-11-19 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0299286436 |
In the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, Rwandan women faced the impossible—resurrecting their lives amidst unthinkable devastation. Haunted by memories of lost loved ones and of their own experiences of violence, women rebuilt their lives from “less than nothing.” Neither passive victims nor innate peacemakers, they traversed dangerous emotional and political terrain to emerge as leaders in Rwanda today. This clear and engaging ethnography of survival tackles three interrelated phenomena—memory, silence, and justice—and probes the contradictory roles women played in postgenocide reconciliation. Based on more than a decade of intensive fieldwork, Genocide Lives in Us provides a unique grassroots perspective on a postconflict society. Anthropologist Jennie E. Burnet relates with sensitivity the heart-wrenching survival stories of ordinary Rwandan women and uncovers political and historical themes in their personal narratives. She shows that women’s leading role in Rwanda’s renaissance resulted from several factors: the dire postgenocide situation that forced women into new roles; advocacy by the Rwandan women’s movement; and the inclusion of women in the postgenocide government. Honorable Mention, Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize, Women’s Caucus of the African Studies Association
The Politics of Memory and Justice in Post-genocide Rwanda
Title | The Politics of Memory and Justice in Post-genocide Rwanda PDF eBook |
Author | Jody Lee Ranck |
Publisher | |
Pages | 546 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Atrocities |
ISBN |
Remaking Rwanda
Title | Remaking Rwanda PDF eBook |
Author | Scott Straus |
Publisher | Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 2011-04-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0299282635 |
In the mid-1990s, civil war and genocide ravaged Rwanda. Since then, the country’s new leadership has undertaken a highly ambitious effort to refashion Rwanda’s politics, economy, and society, and the country’s accomplishments have garnered widespread praise. Remaking Rwanda is the first book to examine Rwanda’s remarkable post-genocide recovery in a comprehensive and critical fashion. By paying close attention to memory politics, human rights, justice, foreign relations, land use, education, and other key social institutions and practices, this volume raises serious concerns about the depth and durability of the country’s reconstruction. Edited by Scott Straus and Lars Waldorf, Remaking Rwanda brings together experienced scholars and human rights professionals to offer a nuanced, historically informed picture of post-genocide Rwanda—one that reveals powerful continuities with the nation’s past and raises profound questions about its future. Best Special Interest Books, selected by the American Association of School Librarians Best Special Interest Books, selected by the Public Library Reviewers