Reframing narratives of peacebuilding and statebuilding in Rwanda : a baseline study
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2017-04
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Social and political identity in pre-colonial Rwanda was organized through family, lineages, clans and other complex factors that indicated social and political belonging. It was a well-organized society with features that resembled those of the modern state. In order to understand the origin of the racist project that resulted in a divided Rwanda in the twentieth century, the authors examine historical roots that enabled subsequent ‘divide and conquer’ tactics intrinsic to politicized identity. This paper examines Rwanda’s civil war and genocide, tracing root causes to horrific race theories and state building “conversations,” and discusses the settlement process in terms of root cause factors
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RWANDA, SOUTH OF SAHARA, STATE BUILDING, COLONIALISM, COLONIZATION, BELGIUM, WAR CRIMES, INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, GENOCIDE, CIVIL WAR, ETHNICITY, VIOLENCE, RACISM, IDENTITY POLITICS, ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, ACCESS TO JUSTICE, PEACEBUILDING