Memory and Justice in Post-Genocide Rwanda

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Following times of great conflict and tragedy, many countries put in force programs and policies of transitional justice, none more extensive than in post-genocide Rwanda. Placing Rwanda’s transitional justice initiatives of their historical and political context, this book examines the project undertaken by the post-genocide government to shape the collective memory of the Rwandan population, both through political and judicial reforms but additionally in public commemorations and memorials. Drawing on over 20 years of field research in Rwanda, Longman uses surveys and comparative local case studies to explore Rwanda’s response both at a governmental and local level. He argues that regardless of good intentions and essential innovations, Rwanda’s authoritarian political context has hindered the ability of transnational justice to bring the novel social and political transformations that its advocates was hoping. Additionally, it continues to heighten the political and economic inequalities that underline ethnic divisions and are the most important ongoing barrier to reconciliation.

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