Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Postgenocide Rwanda - Couverture souple

Thomson, Susan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0299296741 ISBN 13 : 9780299296742

Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 2013

Synopsis

For 100 days in 1994, genocide engulfed Rwanda. Since then, many in the international community have praised the country's post-genocide government for its efforts to foster national unity and reconciliation by downplaying ethnic differences and promoting ""one Rwanda for all Rwandans"". Examining how ordinary rural Rwandans experience and view these policies, Whispering Truth to Power challenges the conventional wisdom on post-genocide Rwanda.

Susan Thomson finds that many of Rwanda's poorest citizens distrust the local officials charged with implementing the state programme and believe that it ignores the deepest problems of the countryside: lack of land, jobs, and a voice in policies that affect lives and livelihoods. Based on interviews with dozens of Rwandan peasants and government officials, this book reveals how the nation's disenfranchised poor have been engaging in everyday resistance, cautiously and carefully―""whispering"" their truth to the powers that be. This quiet opposition, Thomson argues, suggests that some of the nation's most celebrated post-genocide policies have failed to garner the grassroots support needed to sustain peace.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Susan Thomson is assistant professor of peace and conflict studies at Colgate University, USA. She has published articles in African Affairs, African Studies Review, and The Journal of Modern African Studies, and she also serves as the Amnesty International–USA Country Specialist for Rwanda and Burundi.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Wisconsin Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0299296741
• ISBN 13: 9780299296742
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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