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Gukurahundism, Constitutionality and Ethnonationalist Language Policy Contestations: An Ideological Critique of Mediated Discourses About Mother Tongue Instruction in Zimbabwe

Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines mediated discourses on the state of implementation of language in education policy using a critical incident as a reference. Employing Thompson's modes of ideology, we perform an ideological critique of purposively sampled cross‐media discourses spawned by the failed attempt of a Zimbabwean government deputy minister to ...
Khulekani Ndlovu, Busani Maseko, Liqhwa Siziba   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Propaganda and Conflict: Evidence from the Rwandan Genocide * [PDF]

The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2014
AbstractThis 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.
openaire   +5 more sources

Facilitating Feeling?: The Relationship between Memorials and Emotions

Sociological Inquiry, EarlyView.
This article explores if and how national memorials impact collective emotions among local residents, focusing on the National Memorial for Peace and Justice (NMPJ) in Montgomery, Alabama. This understudied question is of sociological importance given the change in federal policy regarding public memorials, particularly the removal of references to ...
Ashley V. Reichelmann, James E. Hawdon
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating and Expanding Evaluation Criteria: Enhancing Disaster Management Through the Triple Nexus Approach

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This study examines the integration and expansion of evaluation criteria across humanitarian, development, and peacebuilding efforts within the Triple Nexus framework. Using institutional ethnography, literature review, and document analysis, the research assesses the effectiveness of current evaluation practices, highlighting gaps and ...
Christina Plesner Volkdal
wiley   +1 more source

Power dynamics of post-genocide street renaming in urban Rwanda - the territorial demarcation between the past and the present

Cogent Arts & Humanities
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, Tove Rosendal   +1 more
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Silence‐Embedded Distress: A Case Report Conceptualizing a Culturally Mediated Trauma Phenomenon in Community‐Based Mental Health Practice in Rwanda

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 8, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Silence‐Embedded Distress (SED) highlights how psychological hardships and trauma in community settings may remain unspoken and undetected by conventional diagnoses. Culturally sensitive, community‐based interventions can facilitate expression and recovery, emphasizing the importance of recognizing non‐verbal and relational manifestations of ...
Yves Gashugi
wiley   +1 more source

Ameliorating Linguistic Anchors of Oppression

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 43, Issue 4, Page 1014-1033, August 2026.
ABSTRACT The words we use to represent the world shape how we interpret and respond to it; language frames what it represents. In some cases, these frames can have prejudicial effects; for example, ‘workplace flirting’ versus ‘sexual harassment’. This article examines how specific words and phrases (i.e.
Emilia L. Wilson
wiley   +1 more source

Last Man Standing: The American Who Stayed During the Rwandan Genocide - An Interview with Carl Wilkens

Journal of Hate Studies, 2010
'Carl Wilkens is a peace activist and an educator who headed up the Adventist Development and Relief Agency International in Rwanda (ADRA). He was the only American who chose to remain in Kigali, Rwanda during the genocide of 1994.
Jerri Shepard
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Bound by blood and bloodshed: Sibling ties and participation in genocidal violence

Criminology, Volume 64, Issue 3, Page 619-654, August 2026.
Abstract Focusing on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, we examine how sibling relationships—one of the most salient familial bonds—influence individual engagement in violence during mass atrocity. Drawing on an adaptation of differential association and social learning theories for contexts of mass atrocity, we analyze a novel dataset linking over 300,000 ...
Jack G. R. Wippell, Hollie Nyseth Nzitatira, Jared F. Edgerton, Evelyn Gertz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The U.N. Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Concludes its First Case: A Monumental Step Towards Truth

African Studies Quarterly, 1998
Over the past year, the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) has made significant progress in apprehending and prosecuting high ranking persons responsible for the 1994 genocide of Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda1.
Paul J. Magnarella
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