Defeat Is the Only Bad News: Rwanda under Musinga, 1896-1931

347 Pages·2011·3.62 MB·English

by  Alison Des Forges

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D I O B N
Yuhi Musinga
Defeat
Is the Only Bad News
  ,
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‒ 
Alison Liebhafsky Des Forges
Edited by
David Newbury
Foreword by
Roger V. Des Forges
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Des Forges, Alison Liebhafsky.
Defeat is the only bad news: Rwanda under Musinga, 1896–1931 /
Alison Liebhafsky Des Forges; edited by David Newbury.
p. cm. – (Africa and the diaspora: history, politics, culture)
“This text is in large part the dissertation ofAlison Liebhafsky Des Forges
as originally presented to the Yale University Department ofHistory in 1972”—Editor’s note.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-299-28144-1 (pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBN 978-0-299-28143-4 (e-book)
1. Rwanda—History—To 1962.
2. Rwanda—Politics and government—To 1962.
3. Yuhi V Musinga, Mwami ofRwanda, 1883–1944.
4. Rwanda—Relations—Europe.
5. Europe—Relations—Rwanda.
I. Newbury, David S. II. Title. III. Series: Africa and the diaspora.
DT450.37.D47 2011
967.571´02—dc22
2010038905
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A’ P xvii
A’ A xix
E’ N xxi
E’ I: S  R
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G  R T xxxvii
1 A Tumultuous Transition: The Accession of Musinga 3
2 The Catholic Church, the German Administration,
and the Nyiginya Court 24
3 The Missionaries, the Court, and the Local Community,
1904–1910 45
4 Musinga’s Coming of Age, 1905–1913 71
5 Extending Court Power, 1905–1913: The Conquest of
the Northern Regions 99
6 New Europeans, New Court Tactics, 1913–1919:
The Arrival of the Belgians 130
7 Alliances That Bind—and Divide, 1919–1922:
Belgian Rule and the Court 157
8 Divide and Rule, 1922–1925: Emerging Factions
at the Court 184
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9 The Rationalization of Power, 1925–1931:
The Deposition of Musinga 211
E’ E 241
A: R I 247
N 255
B 289
I 297
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Maps
Rwanda rainfall 2
Rwanda: Selected Administrative Districts, circa 1931 2
Cultural Subregions of Rwanda 5
Historical Expansion of the Kingdom 7
Gisaka and Rwanda, circa 1900 34
Early Catholic Mission Stations in Rwanda, 1900–1905 46
Rwanda Revolts 105
Figures
Yuhi Musinga frontispiece
Kabare and Musinga, circa 1910 70
Muhumusa at the time of her capture by the British 98
Nyirakabuga, Kanjogera, Kagesha, Musinga,
Murebwayire, and Kankazi, circa 1917 156
Musinga in his colonial uniform 212
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