History of Rwandan Identity and Trauma

This book examines the complicated events, conditions, and narratives that have shaped Rwanda's identity. Drawing on numerous sources and fieldwork, it discusses this east central African nation's deeply seated cleavages, atrocious recent past, and the internal and external myths that have directed its history and national life.

Randall Fegley is political historian at Pennsylvania State University's Berks College.

Introduction: Myth, Trauma, and Rwanda Chapter 1. Pre-Colonial Inequalities and Colonial Assumptions Chapter 2. Hutu Power and Genocide Chapter 3. Justice and Unity? Chapter 4. Creating a Competing Mythology Chapter 5. Comparisons and Conclusions