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Genocide in the Great Lakes: which genocide? whose genocide?
African studies review • 41 (1) • Published In 1998 • Pages: 3-16
By: Lemarchand, RenΘ.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is concerned with the politics of genocide in the Great Lakes region. It shows that basic disagreements between Hutu and Tutsi about who committed genocide and why are traceable in part to the uncritical of the term genocide to describe just about any type of ethnic violence, in part to the selective sifting of the evidence with a view to exonerating one group and condemning the other. Although Hutu and Tutsi are both guilty of genocide, the tendency to substitute collective guilt for individual culpability in the planning and execution of the killings can only result in distortion of the facts. There will be no peace in the Great Lakes region unless one takes seriously the task of shedding light on the circumstances, the scale and the consequences of the genocide of Hutu by Tutsi in Burundi (1972), of Tutsi and Hutu by Hutu in Rwanda (1994) and of Hutu by Tutsi in Congo (1996-1997).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Instigation of war
- Peacemaking
- External relations
- Social relationships and groups
- Political parties
- Political movements
- Elections
- Chief executive
- Traditional history
- History
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Barundi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- 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.
- Political Scientist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1971-1996
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Burundi
- NotesAdditional notes
- RenT Lemarchand
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 14)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77612664
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Rundi (African people)