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Making Ubumwe: Power, State and Camps in Rwanda´s Unity-Building Project
Andrea Purdekova
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Description for Making Ubumwe: Power, State and Camps in Rwanda´s Unity-Building Project
Hardback. Since the end of the Rwandan genocide, the new political elite has been challenged with building a unified nation. The book investigates this project of civic education, the explosion of neo-traditional institutions and activities, and the uses of camps and retreats that come together to shape the "ideal" Rwandan citizen. Series: Studies in Forced Migration. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; JFFD; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Since the end of the Rwandan genocide, the new political elite has been challenged with building a unified nation. Reaching beyond the better-studied topics of post-conflict justice and memory, the book investigates the project of civic education, the upsurge of state-led neo-traditional institutions and activities, and the use of camps and retreats shape the ideal Rwandan citizen. Rwanda's ingando camps offer unique insights into the uses of dislocation and liminality in an attempt to anchor identities and desired political roles, to practically orient and symbolically place individuals in the new Rwandan order, and, ultimately, to create additional platforms ... Read more
Since the end of the Rwandan genocide, the new political elite has been challenged with building a unified nation. Reaching beyond the better-studied topics of post-conflict justice and memory, the book investigates the project of civic education, the upsurge of state-led neo-traditional institutions and activities, and the use of camps and retreats shape the ideal Rwandan citizen. Rwanda's ingando camps offer unique insights into the uses of dislocation and liminality in an attempt to anchor identities and desired political roles, to practically orient and symbolically place individuals in the new Rwandan order, and, ultimately, to create additional platforms ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Studies in Forced Migration
Condition
New
Weight
587g
Number of Pages
306
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782388326
SKU
V9781782388326
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About Andrea Purdekova
Andrea Purdekova is Departmental Lecturer in African Politics at the African Studies Centre, School of Interdisciplinary and Area Studies, University of Oxford.
Reviews for Making Ubumwe: Power, State and Camps in Rwanda´s Unity-Building Project
Against the backdrop of Rwanda's complex post-genocide setting, Purdekova explores the unity-building attempts through which a 'New Rwanda' is being created. The visions and dominant ideology that underpin the national project, along with the strategies being deployed to achieve it, are addressed with rich detail and precision. This ethnographic study also offers a fine account of daily politics as lived ... Read more