Becoming Rwandan: Education, Reconciliation, and the Making of a Post-Genocide Citizen

273 Pages·2019·6.407 MB·English

by  S. Garnett Russell

Becoming Rwandan
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Becoming
Rwandan
Education,
Reconciliation,
and the Making of
a Post- Genocide
Citizen
S. Garnett Russell
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Russell, S. Garnett, 1980– author.
Title: Becoming Rwandan : education, reconciliation, and the making
of a post-genocide citizen / S. Garnett Russell.
Description: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2019] |
Series: Genocide, political violence, human rights series |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018058777 | ISBN 9781978802865 (pbk. :
alk. paper) | ISBN 9781978802872 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781978802889 (epub) | ISBN 9781978802896 (web pdf ) |
ISBN 9781978802902
Subjects: LCSH: Education and state—Rwanda. | Education—Social
aspects—Rwanda. | Citizenship—Rwanda. | Transitional justice—
Rwanda. | Peace-building—Rwanda. | Reconciliation—Rwanda. |
Genocide—Rwanda—History—20th century. | Rwanda—History—
Civil War, 1994—Atrocities.
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Contents
List of Abbreviations ix
1 Introduction 1
2 The Role of Education in Transitional
Justice, Peacebuilding, and Reconciliation 29
3 Constructing Citizenship and a
Post- Genocide Identity 55
4 Using and Abusing Human Rights Norms 99
5 Addressing the Genocide and Promoting
Reconciliation 132
6 The Potential and Limitations of Education
for Peacebuilding 181
.d Appendix A: Research Methods and
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.sse Notes 219
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Abbreviations
AERG Association des Etudiants et Elèves Rescapés
du Génocide (Association for Student
Survivors of the Genocide)
A-level advanced level
CEH Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico
(Guatemalan Commission for Historical
Clarification)
CNLG Commission National pour la Lutte contre le
Génocide (National Commission for the
Fight against Genocide)
DRC Demo cratic Republic of Congo
EAC East African Community
FARG Fond d’Assistance aux Rescapés du Génocide
(Fund for Survivors of the Genocide)
.d GP general paper
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.sserP ICTY International Criminal Tribunal for the
ytisre Former Yugo slavia
vinU MINECOFIN Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
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