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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14296/0420.9781912250400

Number of pages: 232

Publication date: 1 December 2015

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Reconciling Rwanda

Unity, Nationality and State Control

Jennifer Melvin (Author)

Series: Critical Human Rights Studies

Published in association with: Institute of Commonwealth Studies

In July 1994, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) set out to stabilise and secure Rwanda, a country decimated by genocide. This mandate was later extended to include the herculean task of promoting unity and reconciliation to a population torn apart by violence. More than two decades later, these goals appear to have been achieved. Beneath the veneer of reconciliation lies myriad programmes and legislation that do more than seek to unite the population – they keep the RPF in power. In Reconciling Rwanda: Unity, Nationality and State Control, Jennifer Melvin analyses the highly controversial RPF and its vision of reconciliation to determine who truly benefits from the construction of the new post-genocide Rwanda.

Contents

Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) government departments

Glossary of Kinyarwanda words

Chronology of key events

Introduction

Contribution and engagement
Conflict in context
Gacaca: justice and reconciliation at the community genocide courts
Nation-building and a return to unity
Teaching the nation: reconciliation through education
The functions of ‘national reconciliation’: political images of Rwanda
Conclusion

PDF: 9781912250400

EPUB: 9781912250059

Paperback: 9780993110207 / 232 pages / 229mm x 152mm

Jennifer Melvin (Author)

Subject: Commonwealth Studies, Human Rights

BISAC codes: POL035010, POL062000

Thema codes: JPSL, LBBR

Keywords: Rwanda, atrocities, genocide, human rights, justice, law, reconciliation

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