When victims become killers : colonialism, nativism, and the genocide in Rwanda

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When victims become killers : colonialism, nativism, and the genocide in Rwanda

Mahmood Mamdani

Fountain Publishers , David Philip , James Currey, c2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-355) and index

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This work studies genocide with particular reference to the civil war in Rwanda and the violence between the Hutu and the Tutsi. Michael Ignatieff says: 'It's a very impressive piece of work, a scholar's attempt to move beyond the cliches of horror towards a genuine understanding of the social dynamics which made horror possible. It's a good example of relevant, committed and passionate scholarship.' North America: Princeton U Press

Table of Contents

Introduction: Thinking about genocide - Defining the crisis of post-colonial citizenship: settler and native as political identities - The origins of Hutu and Tutsi - The racialization of Tutsi 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 diaspora in Kivu - Conclusion: political reform after genocide - Bibliography - Index

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