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The Rwandan Patriotic Front 1990-1994
Adrien Fontanellaz and Tom Cooper. The Rwandan Patriotic Front 1990-1994. (AFRICA@WAR 24), Helion & Company Limited: Solihull, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-910294-56-7, pp.
Gábor Sinkó
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Monuments to Injustice and the Ethics of Dark Tourism: A Research Note
ABSTRACT This research note aims to motivate philosophical examination of the ethical tensions surrounding ‘dark tourism’ and monuments to injustice. While such monuments function to acknowledge past wrongs, educate the public, and serve reparative functions, their presentation as tourist destinations can undermine these purposes.
Kok‐Chor Tan
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Why Are Slurs Wrong? Slurs, Power, and Reclamation
ABSTRACT Everyone agrees that slurs are bad, but not about why they are bad. Philosophers often focus on the meaning of these terms and the linguistic puzzles they reveal—trying to identify the nasty content slurs convey and the mechanism through which they convey it. But this approach can only explain some of what makes slurs bad.
Chris Cousens, Mihaela Popa‐Wyatt
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Collective Responsibility & the International Community in the Rwandan Genocide: “The Blame Game” [PDF]
This lesson looks at various international organizations and sovereign states and their action or inaction during the Rwandan Genocide. Students, in groups, analyze primary and secondary source documents and determine what, if any, responsibility or ...
University of Minnesota, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
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Lamentations on the Rwandan Genocide: Poems
Lamentations on the Rwandan Genocide by Pierre-Damien Mvuyekure is a poignant, often-painful reflection on the travesties of the Rwandan Genocide of 1994. This collection combines diverse linguistic and cultural traditions to offer poetic explorations of
Mvuyekure, Pierre-Damien
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Abstract This paper explores how history teachers in secondary education in England (a) see their role as assessors and (b) how they make decisions about assessing a difficult history: learning about the Holocaust. Assessment literacy (AL) is recognised as a potentially valuable aspect of good teaching and central to supporting students' learning ...
Mary Richardson +3 more
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This research investigates the critical role of Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines (RTLM) in inciting the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Examining the station's establishment, programming, and rhetoric within the historical and political context of pre ...
Rawnak Miraj Ul Azam
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From Empire to Aid: Analysing Persistence of Colonial Legacies in Foreign Aid to Africa
ABSTRACT For decades now, Western development agencies and donors have been castigated for their colonial biases in providing aid to Africa. It is well established that donors provide considerably more foreign aid to their former colonies relative to other countries.
Swetha Ramachandran
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Drawing on critical toponymy, and at the intersection of human geography, urban studies, and sociolinguistics, this qualitative study analyses the 2012 renaming of all Rwandan streets with a special focus on Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.
Jean de Dieu Amini Ngabonziza +1 more
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Propaganda and Conflict: Evidence from the Rwandan Genocide * [PDF]
Abstract This article investigates the role of mass media in times of conflict and state-sponsored mass violence against civilians. We use a unique village-level data set from the Rwandan genocide to estimate the impact of a popular radio station that encouraged violence against the Tutsi minority population. The results show that the
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