Re-Imagining Rwanda: Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century (African Studies)
Johan Pottier, "Re-Imagining Rwanda: Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century (African Studies)"
Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN 10: 0521528739 | 2002 | PDF | 272 pages | 1.7 MB
Publisher: Cambridge University Press | ISBN 10: 0521528739 | 2002 | PDF | 272 pages | 1.7 MB
The conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes in 1994-1996 attracted the horrified attention of the world's media, diplomats and aid workers struggling to make sense of the bloodshed. This study shows how the post-genocide regime in Rwanda managed to impose a simple, persuasive account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators, and explains the ideological underpinnings of this official narrative. It is a sobering analysis of how simple, persuasive, but fatally misleading analysis of the situation led to policy errors that exacerbated the original crisis.