Rwanda Before the Genocide: Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era

by J.J. Carney

Winner of the Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize of the African Studies Association

Between 1920 and 1994, the Catholic Church was Rwanda's most dominant social and religious institution. In recent years, the church has been critiqued for its perceived complicity in the ethnic discourse and political corruption that culminated with the 1994 genocide. In analyzing the contested legacy of Catholicism in Rwanda, Rwanda Before the Genocide...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190612371
• ISBN13: 9780190612375
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"