ANTH 2820 Chapter Notes - Chapter Haywood Reading: The Lead, Rwandan Patriotic Front, Juvénal Habyarimana
13 Apr 2017
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Planned, calculated genocide not mindless tribal violence: focus on the death, not enough discussion on the political, social, and economic context. Started april 6-7, 1994: generated at the level of the state, but mainly carried out by militias. Interhawe (mrnd) and impuzamugambi (crd party, extremist ally of the mrnd: goal = get rid of tutsis and mod. Death toll = 500k 1 million. Over 5 years, external and internal factors volatile mix: nature of the postcolonial state in rwanda, changing configuration of regional, class, and ethnic divisions, growing militarization of the state and society (hab. Responding to milt. attacks by the rwandan patriotic front. Hutu (85%), tutsi (14%), twa (less than 1%: not racial group, not really ethnic groups; just how the meanings of the terms have changed over time.
