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Since the Genocide against the Tutsi, when up to one million
Rwandan people were brutally killed, Rwanda has undergone a
remarkable period of reconstruction. Driven by a governmental
programme of unity and reconciliation, the last 25 years have seen
significant changes at national, community, and individual levels.
This book gathers previously unpublished testimonies from
individuals who lived through the genocide. These are the voices of
those who experienced one of the most horrific events of the 20th
Century. Yet, their stories do not simply paint a picture of lives
left destroyed and damaged; they also demonstrate healing
relationships, personal growth, forgiveness and reconciliation.
Through the lens of positive psychology, the book presents a range
of perspectives on what happened in Rwanda in 1994, and shows how
people have been changed by their experience of genocide.
Over the past 25 years, Rwanda has undergone remarkable shifts and
transitions: culturally, economically, and educationally the
country has gone from strength to strength. While much scholarship
has understandably been retrospective, seeking to understand,
document and commemorate the Genocide against the Tutsi, this
volume gathers diverse perspectives on the changing social and
cultural fabric of Rwanda since 1994. Rwanda Since 1994 considers
the context of these changes, particularly in relation to the
ongoing importance of remembering and in wider developments in the
Great Lakes and East Africa regions. Equally it explores what
stories of change are emerging from Rwanda: creative writing and
testimonies, as well as national, regional, and international
political narratives. The contributors interrogate which frameworks
and narratives might be most useful for understanding different
kinds of change, what new directions are emerging, and how Rwanda's
trajectory is shaped by other global factors. The international set
of contributors includes creative writers, practitioners,
activists, and scholars from African studies, history,
anthropology, education, international relations, modern languages,
law and politics. As well as delving into the shifting dynamics of
religion and gender in Rwanda today, the book brings to light the
experiences of lesser-discussed groups of people such as the Twa
and the children of perpetrators.
Over the past 25 years, Rwanda has undergone remarkable shifts and
transitions: culturally, economically, and educationally the
country has gone from strength to strength. While much scholarship
has understandably been retrospective, seeking to understand,
document and commemorate the Genocide against the Tutsi, this
volume gathers diverse perspectives on the changing social and
cultural fabric of Rwanda since 1994. Rwanda Since 1994 considers
the context of these changes, particularly in relation to the
ongoing importance of remembering and in wider developments in the
Great Lakes and East Africa regions. Equally it explores what
stories of change are emerging from Rwanda: creative writing and
testimonies, as well as national, regional, and international
political narratives. The contributors interrogate which frameworks
and narratives might be most useful for understanding different
kinds of change, what new directions are emerging, and how Rwanda's
trajectory is shaped by other global factors. The international set
of contributors includes creative writers, practitioners,
activists, and scholars from African studies, history,
anthropology, education, international relations, modern languages,
law and politics. As well as delving into the shifting dynamics of
religion and gender in Rwanda today, the book brings to light the
experiences of lesser-discussed groups of people such as the Twa
and the children of perpetrators.
In the rapidly growing field of African literature in French,
writing by women has largely been ignored. This book, the first
comprehensive study of women's writing in francophone sub-Saharan
Africa, redressess the critical imbalance and celebrates the
originality of this fascinating new literature.
Considering questions of genre and ideology, the author highlights
the tension between the individualistic act of writing and the
collective tradition of African society - a tension which emerges
as the key to each of the texts discussed. Focusing on four major
authors - Mariama Bâ, Aminata Sow Fall, Werewere Liking and
Calixthe Beyala, each with an international reputation - the book
uses a feminist approach to consider the duality of the African
woman, who is often torn between modernity and tradition. This
duality, the author suggests, is reconfigured through fictional
writings which provide a space for alternative female
subjectivities to emerge.
"African Francophone Writing" presents a comprehensive overview of
African writing in the Francophone literary world. It explores the
work of important classic and contemporary African writers from the
1950s to the present who, until recently, have received little
critical attention. The contributors view their subjects from a
diverse range of critical perspectives -- historical, thematic,
psychoanalytic, feminist and post-colonial -- to provide a variety
of theoretically sophisticated analyses of Francophone writing. A
comprehensive introduction and an extensive chronological table are
included.
African Francophone literature is rapidly becoming a major
discipline in universities in Britain and North America. This book
will provide much needed critical material for students at both
undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Well-known authors studied in this book include: Chraibi, Memmi
and Boudjedra in the Maghreb; Sembene, Kourouma and Adiaffi in
sub-Saharan Africa; Begag and Cherif from the 'Beur' community; and
women writers such as Debeche, Fall and Ba.]
"African Francophone Writing" presents a comprehensive overview of
African writing in the Francophone literary world. It explores the
work of important classic and contemporary African writers from the
1950s to the present who, until recently, have received little
critical attention. The contributors view their subjects from a
diverse range of critical perspectives -- historical, thematic,
psychoanalytic, feminist and post-colonial -- to provide a variety
of theoretically sophisticated analyses of Francophone writing. A
comprehensive introduction and an extensive chronological table are
included.
African Francophone literature is rapidly becoming a major
discipline in universities in Britain and North America. This book
will provide much needed critical material for students at both
undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Well-known authors studied in this book include: Chraïbi, Memmi
and Boudjedra in the Maghreb; Sembène, Kourouma and Adiaffi in
sub-Saharan Africa; Begag and Cherif from the 'Beur' community; and
women writers such as Debèche, Fall and Bâ.]
Since the Genocide against the Tutsi, when up to one million
Rwandan people were brutally killed, Rwanda has undergone a
remarkable period of reconstruction. Driven by a governmental
programme of unity and reconciliation, the last 25 years have seen
significant changes at national, community, and individual levels.
This book gathers previously unpublished testimonies from
individuals who lived through the genocide. These are the voices of
those who experienced one of the most horrific events of the 20th
Century. Yet, their stories do not simply paint a picture of lives
left destroyed and damaged; they also demonstrate healing
relationships, personal growth, forgiveness and reconciliation.
Through the lens of positive psychology, the book presents a range
of perspectives on what happened in Rwanda in 1994, and shows how
people have been changed by their experience of genocide.
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