Contested categories: a brief history of "Hutu" and "Tutsi" -- Building a Catholic kingdom in central Africa, 1900-1950 -- Success breeds restlessness, 1950-1955 -- The irruption of Hutu-Tutsi tensions, 1956-1959 -- The Catholic church & political revolution in Rwanda, 1959-1962 -- The Catholic church & postcolonial ethnic violence -- Epilogue: lessons from Rwanda
Summary
This title analyses the intersection of ethnic discourse Rwandan politics, and Catholic social teaching during the critical final decade of Belgian colonial rule, exploring the many-threaded roots of the ethnic and political mythos that culminated with the 1994 genocide
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-336) and index
