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When victims become killers : colonialism, nativism, and the genocide in Rwanda / Mahmood Mamdani.
| Author/creator | Mamdani, Mahmood, 1946- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001. |
| Description | xvi, 364 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Thinking about genocide -- Defining 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. |
| Review | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-355) and index. |
| LCCN | 00065213 |
| ISBN | 0691058210 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | DT450.435 .M35 2001 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |