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Re-imagining Rwanda : conflict, survival and disinformation in the late twentieth century

Author: Johan Pottier
Publisher: Cambridge [U.K.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Series: African studies series, 102.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"The tragic conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes in 1994 to 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. Johan Pottier's troubling study shows that the post-genocide regime in Rwanda was able to impose a simple yet persuasive account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators new to the  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Johan Pottier
ISBN: 0521813662 9780521813662 0521528739 9780521528733 0521533082 9780521533089
OCLC Number: 49204939
Description: xvii, 251 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Build-up to war and genocide : society and economy in Rwanda and eastern Zaire --
Mind the gap : how the international press reported on society, politics, and history --
For beginners, by beginners : knowledge construction under the Rwandese Patriotic Front --
Labelling refugees : international aid and the discourse of genocide --
Masterclass in surreal diplomacy : understanding the culture of "political correctness" --
Land and social development : challenges, proposals, and their imagery.
Series Title: African studies series, 102.
Other Titles: Reimagining Rwanda
Responsibility: Johan Pottier.
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"The tragic conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes in 1994 to 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. Johan Pottier's troubling study shows that the post-genocide regime in Rwanda was able to impose a simple yet persuasive account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators new to the region, and he explains the ideological underpinnings of this official narrative. He also provides a sobering analysis of the way in which this simple, persuasive, but fatally misleading analysis of the situation on the ground led to policy errors that exacerbated the original crisis."--Jacket.

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