Rwanda Before the Genocide
Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 17 October 2013
- ISBN 9780199982271
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages358 pages
- Size 163x236x27 mm
- Weight 664 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 12 illus. 0
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Short description:
Rwanda Before the Genocide analyzes the intersection of ethnic discourse, Rwandan politics, and Catholic social teaching during the critical final decade of Belgian colonial rule, exploring the many-threaded roots of the ethnic and political mythos that culminated with the 1994 genocide.
MoreLong description:
Between 1920 and 1994, the Catholic Church was Rwanda's most dominant social and religious institution. In recent years, the church has been critiqued for its perceived complicity in the ethnic discourse and political corruption that culminated with the 1994 genocide. In analyzing the contested legacy of Catholicism in Rwanda, Rwanda Before the Genocide focuses on a critical decade, from 1952 to 1962, when Hutu and Tutsi identities became politicized, essentialized, and associated with political violence.
This study--the first English-language church history on Rwanda in over 30 years--examines the reactions of Catholic leaders such as the Swiss White Father André Perraudin and Aloys Bigirumwami, Rwanda's first indigenous bishop. It evaluates Catholic leaders' controversial responses to ethnic violence during the revolutionary changes of 1959-62 and after Rwanda's ethnic massacres in 1963-64, 1973, and the early 1990s. In seeking to provide deeper insight into the many-threaded roots of the Rwandan genocide, Rwanda Before the Genocide offers constructive lessons for Christian ecclesiology and social ethics in Africa and beyond.
Carney does an excellent job situating the late colonial period within Rwanda's broader history and explaining the complexities of the ethnic discourse in Rwanda.
Table of Contents:
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Contested Categories: A Brief History of "Hutu" and "Tutsi"
II. Building a Catholic Kingdom in Central Africa, 1900-1950
III. Success Breeds Restlessness, 1950-1955
IV. The Irruption of Hutu-Tutsi Tensions, 1956-1959
V. The Catholic Church & Political Revolution in Rwanda, 1959-1962
VI. The Catholic Church & Postcolonial Ethnic Violence
VII. Epilogue: Lessons from Rwanda
Appendix I: Timeline
Appendix II: Glossary
Bibliography
Notes
Index
