Rwanda’s Popular Genocide: A Perfect Storm

Synopsis

Historical Background -- The Pre-colonial Period -- The Colonial Period -- The First Republic -- The Second Republic -- The Years Of Hegemony (1973-1990) -- The Discourse Of Reconciliation And The Continued Policy Of Exclusion -- Attempt To Create A Rural Totalitarian State -- A Brief And Fragile Economic Recovery (1974-1986) -- Insubordination, Social Violence And Despair -- War, Multipartism And Genocide -- The Mrnd Party-state Resistance To Change -- The Political Opposition At The Root Of The Genocide -- Butare: Origins Of The Prefecture's Political Moderation -- Historical Background -- Butare Under The Second Republic -- Tolerance, Violence And Genocide In Butare -- The October 1990 War -- Multipartism In Butare -- Genocide In The Prefecture -- Kigembe: A Social And Political History -- The First Republic -- The Second Republic -- Political Radicalism In Kigembe -- The Impact Of The 1990 War On Kigembe -- The Multiparty Era -- Genocide In Kigembe -- Kibuye: Land Conflict And Political Violence -- Historical And Social Context -- The Final Years Of The Mrnd Party-state -- Popular Mobilization, War And The Transition To Democracy -- Multipartism In Kibuye Prefecture -- : Moderate Politics And Genocide In Gitesi Commune -- 1984-1990: Social Crisis And The Rise Of Subversive Behavior -- War And Multiparty Rule -- Genocide In Gitesi Commune -- General Conclusion: Massive Popular Participation In The Genocide. By Jean Paul Kimonyo ; Translated From The French By Wandia Njoya. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 379-385) And Index. Originally Published In French In 2008.