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Phrenology and the Rwandan Genocide [PDF]

open access: yesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2018
Belgian colonizers used phrenology to create an irreducible division between the two major groups living for centuries in Rwanda-Urundi. This formed the basis for the implementation of systematic efforts to subdue the large Hutu population.
Charles André
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“A calf cannot fail to pick a colour from its mother”: intergenerational transmission of trauma and its effect on reconciliation among post-genocide Rwandan youth [PDF]

open access: yesBMC Psychology, 2023
Background More than one million Rwandans were killed over a span of one hundred days during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis. Many adult survivors were severely traumatized by the events, and young people, including those who were born after the ...
Marie Grace Kagoyire   +2 more
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The Roots of Rwandan Genocide

open access: yesRefuge, 1994
the Belgians in 1917. The Belgian legislature passed the Mortehan Law in 1926, which directed the Kings to appoint only Tutsi as chiefs, and gave the Kings and chiefs greater powers, salaries, and tax collection rights, which they often abused. When a King opposed Belgian laws or policy he could be deposed; this is what happened in 1931 when the ...
Charles David Smith
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Religion and the Rwandan genocide

open access: yesScripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2006
This article discusses the problems concerning the relation of religion and the genocide in Rwanda in 1990. One of the most urgent questions – formulated as an accusation by the present political regime in Rwanda – is whether religion and the influence ...
Gerard van’t Spijker
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Rwandan genocide survivors denied AIDS treatment. [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2004
On 20 April the London based Survivors' Fund (SURF) is to launch a campaign for free antiretroviral treatment for survivors of the Rwandan genocide. Ten years after the genocide, in which 800 000 people were murdered, thousands of survivors are dying of AIDS.
Hilsum L.
europepmc   +3 more sources

Prenatal exposure to genocide and subsequent adverse childhood events are associated with DNA methylation of SLC6A4, BDNF, and PRDM8 in early adulthood in Rwanda [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
We investigated associations between prenatal genocidal trauma, including maternal rape, and postnatal adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on DNA methylation of genes associated with the stress response.
Luisa Maria Rivera   +5 more
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Les universitaires et intellectuels rwandais à l'épreuve du génocide des Tutsi : première mémoire, première histoire

open access: yesLes Cahiers de Framespa, 2022
Based on interviews as well as public and private archives, the author seeks to understand the role of Rwandan academics and intellectuals in the memorialization of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The article focuses on three dimensions. First,
Rémi Korman
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Recalling the Rwandan genocide and its effects on the democratic present: an analysis based on media necropolitics

open access: yesConversas & Controvérsias, 2021
This paper aims to analyze the influence of the narratives disseminated during the Rwandan genocide (1994) on the present democratic situation of the country.
Júlia dos Santos Acerbi   +2 more
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Écrire l’histoire d’une controverse : les relations entre l’Église catholique rwandaise et le génocide des Tutsi au travers de la presse rwandaise (1994-2003)

open access: yesSources, 2021
The history and memory of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda have been the subject of much controversy since 1994. In order to study it, academics gather various sources: interviews, public and private archives, and press sources.
Rémi Korman
doaj   +1 more source

Book Review: Becoming Rwandan: Education, Reconciliation, and the Making of a Post-Genocide Citizen by S. Garnett Russell

open access: yesJournal on Education in Emergencies, 2023
Orelia Jonathan's review of Becoming Rwandan: Education, Reconciliation, and the Making of a Post-Genocide Citizen by S. Garnett Russell highlights Russell's extensive investigation of the Rwandan government's attempt to consolidate a unified national ...
Orelia Jonathan
doaj   +1 more source

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