To understand the genocide and other dramatic events of Rwanda's recent past, one must understand the history of the earlier realm. Jan Vansina provides a critique of the history recorded by early missionaries and court historians and provides a bottom-up view, drawing on hundreds of grassroots narratives. He describes the genesis of the Hutu and Tutsi identities, their growing social and political differences, their bitter feuds, revolts, and massacres, and the relevance of this dramatic history to the post-genocide Rwanda of today.
| ISBN: | 9780299201241 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2004 |
| Author: | Jan Vansina |
| Publisher: | The University of Wisconsin Press an imprint of University of Wisconsin Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 354 pages |
| Series: | Africa and the Diaspora |
| Genres: |
African history |
To understand the genocide and other dramatic events of Rwanda's recent past, one must understand the history of the earlier realm. Jan Vansina provides a critique of the history recorded by early missionaries and court historians and provides a bottom-up view, drawing on hundreds of grassroots narratives. He describes the genesis of the Hutu and Tutsi identities, their growing social and political differences, their bitter feuds, revolts, and massacres, and the relevance of this dramatic history to the post-genocide Rwanda of today.
Antecedents to Modern Rwanda features in the following genres: African history
Antecedents to Modern Rwanda is available in Hardback, Paperback
Antecedents to Modern Rwanda was written by Jan Vansina and published by The University of Wisconsin Press an imprint of University of Wisconsin Press
Antecedents to Modern Rwanda has 354 pages
Yes it is part of Africa and the Diaspora series
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