Rwanda Before the Genocide : Catholic Politics and Ethnic Discourse in the Late Colonial Era / J. J. Carney.

"Between 1920 and 1994, the Catholic Church was Rwanda's most dominant social and religious institution. In recent years, the church has been critiqued for its perceived complicity in the ethnic discourse and political corruption that culminated with the 1994 genocide. In analyzing the con...

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Main Author: Carney, J. J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Edition:First issue as an Oxford University Press paperback
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