num_pages: 272
description: The conflict in Rwanda and the Great Lakes in 1994-1996 attracted the horrified attention of the world's media, diplomats and aid workers struggling to make sense of the bloodshed. This study shows how the post-genocide regime in Rwanda managed to impose a simple, persuasive account of Central Africa's crises upon international commentators, and explains the ideological underpinnings of this official narrative. It is a sobering analysis of how simple, persuasive, but fatally misleading analysis of the situation led to policy errors that exacerbated the original crisis.
language: English
title: Re-Imagining Rwanda: Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century
titlecomplete: Re-Imagining Rwanda: Conflict, Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century (African Studies, Series Number 102)
genres: Africa, Rwanda
ratings_count: 23
publisher: Cambridge University Press