Re-Imagining Rwanda: Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century: 102 (African Studies, Series Number 102)

Pottier, Johan

ISBN 10: 0521533082 / ISBN 13: 9780521533089

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Re-Imagining Rwanda: Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century: 102 (African Studies, Series Number 102)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521533082
• ISBN 13: 9780521533089
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

The tragic conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes in 1994-1996 attracted the horrified attention of the world's media. Journalists, diplomats and aid workers struggled to find a way to make sense of the bloodshed.

Book Description

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 provides a sobering analysis of how simple, persuasive, but fatally misleading analysis of the situation on the ground led to policy errors that exacerbated the original crisis.