Re-Imagining Rwanda : Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century

Name: Re-Imagining Rwanda
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521528733
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ISBN: 9780521528733

by Johan Pottier

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series African Studies

ISBN-10 0521528739

ISBN-13 9780521528733

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Sep 26th, 2002

Print length 276 Pages

Weight 440 grams

Dimensions 18.10 x 23.20 x 1.60 cms

Product Classification: 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 Regional studies Regional / International studies African history Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 Media studies Media studies Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography Social and cultural anthropology Politics & government Politics and government History African history

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Pottier shows how the post-genocide regime in Rwanda imposed their account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators, and explains the ideological underpinnings of this official narrative. He examines how persuasive, but fatally misleading analysis of the situation on the ground led to policy errors that exacerbated the original crisis.

The tragic conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes in 1994–1996 attracted the horrified attention of the world's media. Journalists, diplomats and aid workers struggled to find a way to make sense of the bloodshed. Johan Pottier's troubling study shows that the post-genocide regime in Rwanda was able to impose a simple yet persuasive account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators new to the region, and he explains the ideological underpinnings of this official narrative. He also provides a sobering analysis of the way in which this simple, persuasive, but fatally misleading analysis of the situation on the ground led to policy errors that exacerbated the original crisis. Professor Pottier has extensive field experience in the region, from before and after the genocide, and he has also worked among refugees in eastern Zaire.

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