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Background to genocide: Rwanda
Issue • 23 (2) • Published In 1995 • Pages: 12-17
By: Newbury, Catharine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article analyzes the broad socioeconomic and political context that led to the Rwanda genocide of 1994. The most important of these included Rwanda's sharply deteriorating economic conditions caused by externally imposed structural adjustment programs, the militarization of the Hutu-led government, and political developments in Uganda.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Status, role, and prestige
- Ethnic stratification
- Instigation of war
- Political movements
- Political parties
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Peacemaking
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Rwandans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1994
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1959-1994
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rwanda
- NotesAdditional notes
- Catharine Newbury
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 75617054
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology Rwanda