Genocide bibliography illinois holocaust museum and. How many perpetrators were there in the rwandan genocide. Contributors include genocide survivors, rwandan journalists, academics, human rights activists, members of the former and present rwandan governments, officers of the rwandan patriotic army, and united nations experts. The hutu killers also killed other hutus whose political beliefs. Although the term genocide was first coined in 1944, the crime itself has been committed often in history. For an example, see a very revealing exchange reproduced in samantha power, a problem from hell. Film and genocide brings together scholars of film and of genocide to discuss film representations, both fictional and documentary, of the holocaust, the armenian genocide, and genocides in chile, australia, rwanda, and the united states. Congo, the rwandan genocide, and the making of a continental catastrophe hardcover by. It was the french philosopher, voltaire, who wrote. Prescient, unabashedly lyrical and not afraid to hand out blame, gourevitchs. The genocide was conceived by extremist elements of rwandas majority hutu population who planned to kill the minority tutsi population and anyone who opposed those genocidal intentions.
Rwanda in 2009 staged a joint military operation with the congolese army in drc to rout out the hutu extremist insurgency there, and kigali and kinshasa restored diplomatic relations. Reporting the genocide, in the media and the rwanda genocide, ed. The role of france in the rwandan genocide of 1994 has been a source of controversy and debate both within and beyond france and rwanda. The rwandan genocidethe survivors speak, history of ancient greece, living labour. Congo, the rwandan genocide, and the makings of a continental. In a genocide, many or all people in a group are killed because of their ethnicity, colour, religion, or political opinions. The rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the tutsi, was a mass slaughter of tutsi, twa, and moderate hutu in rwanda, which took place between 7 april and 15 july 1994 during the rwandan civil war. Selected fulltext books and articles journey into darkness. For another example, see roger rosenblatt, the killer in the next tent. This is a tough question to answer since there are a lot of great options out there, but from the suggestions ive seen here from other people, i would say that i strongly agree with these recommendations. Rwanda and genocide both as subject terms rwanda and massacre rwanda and mass killings rwanda and ethnic cleansing hutu tutsi international tribunal for rwanda romeo dallaire vertical file. In the rwandan genocide, members of an ethnic group called the tutsi abatutsi were killed because of their ethnicity. The genocide in rwanda years ago was the most efficient ever carried out.
One of the books that i find most interesting although only partly about rwanda is a book by john hanning speke, called the discovery of the source of the nile. Rwandan genocide simple english wikipedia, the free. A summary of the rwandan genocide polytechnic school. Books to help you make sense of the rwandan genocide the. We recommend the following books for further reading on the rwandan genocide. The unspeakable evils of ethnic cleansing and genocide in rwanda.
The rwandan genocide verso alison des forges, leave none to tell the story. Rene lemarchands rwanda and burundi was an academic tome that covered the history and culture of the region. Stories from rwanda, reports on the situation there, fifteen years after the genocide. It is estimated that some 200,000 hutu, spurred on by propaganda from. Books about the genocide can be harrowing reading, but it was the first few pages of scholastique mukasongas memoir of life before a book with. Prescient, unabashedly lyrical and not afraid to hand out blame, gourevitchs study of the rwandan genocide remains a pinnacle of war writing. Prior to the genocide, little was written about rwanda. In the spring of 1994 the tiny african nation of rwanda exploded onto the international media stage, as internal strife reached genocidal proportions. April 2014 marks 20 years since the rwanda genocide, in which an estimated 500,0001,000,000 rwandans were killed on the grounds of. Rwanda held its first local elections in 1999 and its first postgenocide presidential and legislative elections in 2003. In 2012, rwanda completed the first modern special economic zone sez in kigali. The journalist and author of we wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families, an account of the rwandan genocide, explores five. As world leaders have expressed regret over failing to stop the massacre of as many as one million people. A brief history of the country rwandas population of more than 7 million people is divided into three ethnic groups.
What are the best books about the rwandan genocide. April 6 marks the 25th anniversary of the assassination of rwandan president juvenal habyarimana the spark that lit the rwandan genocide. As correspondent bob simon reports, 800,000 people were slaughtered in just 100 days. Offering an uptodate historical perspective which should enable readers to fathom how the brutal massacres of 800,000 rwandese came to pass in 1994, this volume includes a new chapter that brings the analysis up to the end of 1996. Gerard prunier probes into how the genocidal events in rwanda were part of a deadly logic a plan that served central political and economic interests rather. Discovering god amidst the rwandan holocaust by immaculee ilibagiza 2.
The library maintains a vertical file containing information regarding rwanda. In 1994, genocide put rwanda on the map for most of the world. However, the genocide sparked many books histories, analyses, memoirs, explanations, polemics and fiction. Genocide in rwanda genocide is an end result of extreme prejudice a negative attitude towards others based on a prejudgment about those individuals based on little prior knowledge or experience. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the limits of humanitarian intervention. Rwanda consistently ranks well for ease of doing business and transparency. Confronted by rwandas horrors, western news media for the most part turned away, then muddled the story when they did pay attention. The best books on the rwandan genocide 1 life laid bare by jean hatzfeld. Dian fossey wrote gorillas in the mist about the gentle creatures she encountered. As more information about the rwanda genocide becomes available and as the narrative of those events continues to evolve, there is still much to learn from the case study of rwanda about the role of media in stimulating and responding to mass atrocities. A book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Discovering god amidst the rwandan holocaust by immaculee ilibagiza. Rwanda encyclopedia of the nations information about. In the case of the 1994 genocide in rwanda, the news media accomplished neither of voltaires admonitions.
A timeline of the genocide in rwanda understanding the conflict between rwandas tutsis and hutus. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the order of genocide. This is a bibliography for primary sources, books and articles on the personal and general accounts, and the accountabilities, of the 1994 rwandan genocide. Any of the following books will give you some understanding depending on what you need to know. Living in rwanda after the genocide, into the quick life. Race, power, and war in rwanda ebook written by scott straus. Rwanda genocide of 1994, planned campaign of mass murder in rwanda that occurred over the course of some 100 days in apriljuly 1994. We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families, which gives the lie to the belief that the massacres were part of an. If you want to learn more about the genocide in rwanda, these are the books to read.
Rwanda genocide book takes award books the guardian. M426 2000 find in a library near you external link discusses the failure of international peacekeepers and the united nations to intervene during the genocide. He was a 19thcentury, royal geographical societysponsored explorer of central africa. List of books and articles about genocide in rwanda. The killers were extremist members of another ethnic group called the hutu abahutu. It also exposed one of the most shameful scandals of the rwandan churchesthe complicity of the christian churches in the genocide. Life on the line at peugeot france, a time for machetes, and many more. Gerard prunier returns again to the list with his book africas world war. Complicity of the churches provides a variety of perspectives through which to assess the complex questions and issues surrounding the topic, and, even raise some new questions.
The rwandan government is seeking to become a regional leader in information and communication technologies and aims to reach middleincome status by 2020 by leveraging the service industry. His rwanda books strip humanity to its core with an exquisite mastery of languagea stark, seemingly ancient, oralhistorytinged style. The first, life laid bare, told the story of a community. The book explores the inner life of the man who became one of the most prominent public faces of the rwandan genocide. This book looks at the events with a critical view of the united nations, and the international community. The best books on the rwandan genocide five books expert. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. See more ideas about books, books to read and reading. Origins of the rwandan genocide, humanity books, 2003, pp. Good books and films about the rwandan genocide orange. And although much of the most celebrated work covers the 1994 genocide against the tutsi, the range and quality of literature is quite staggering. If you want to learn how it happened, i suggest these books.
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