Rwanda 1994 - Genocide in the 'Land of a Thousand Hills' - Benyamin Neuberger
The 1994 Genocide
Rwanda 1994 - Genocide in the 'Land of a Thousand Hills' - Benyamin Neuberger
Benyamin Neuberger [+]
The Open University of Israel
Professor Benyamin Neuberger is professor of political science and African studies at the Open University of Israel. He holds a BA degree in political science and economics and an MA degree in African studies from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a PhD degree in political science from Columbia University (New York). He was visiting professor at Oxford University, the University of Pennsylvania, Brandeis University, the University of Cape Town, and the University of Swaziland. He has taught and written extensively about African history and politics, as well as about nationalism and ethnicity.
Description
Chapter 2 deals with the road to genocide in the 1990s, including the civil war, the so-called democratization process; the perpetrators (individuals, groups, and institutions) and the ethnic, political, and social backgrounds of the victims; the structure of the killing machine, the role of the media; and includes extensive evidence from the murder scenes.