In the Shadow of Genocide: Justice and Memory Within Rwanda
London; New York: Routledge (2023), xxix, 281 pp.
Contains illustrations
Series: Routledge Studies in Genocide and Crimes against Humanity
ISBN 978-1-03-213304-1 (pbk); 978-1-00-322859-2 (online)
"This book brings together scholars and practitioners for a unique inter-disciplinary exploration of justice and memory within Rwanda. It explores the various strategies the state, civil society, and individuals have employed to come to terms with their past and shape their future. The main objective and focus is to explore broad and varied approaches to post-atrocity memory and justice through the work of those with direct experience with the genocide and its aftermath. This includes many Rwandan authors as well as scholars who have conducted fieldwork in Rwanda. By exploring the concepts of how justice and memory are understood the editors have compiled a book that combines disciplines, voices, and unique insights that are not generally found elsewhere." (Publisher description)
PART I. MEMORIES OF GENOCIDE
1 Memory and Justice: A Personal, Cultural, and Global Experience / Matthew C Kane, Stephanie Wolfe, 3
2 Through the Eyes of Children: The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda / Ashlee Cawley, Stephanie Wolfe, Omar Ndizeye, Jacqueline Murekatete, Consolee Nishimwe, Théobald Kayiranga, Jason Nshimye, Eugenie Mukeshimana, 21
3 Experts in the Suffering of Others: Race, Knowledge Production, and the Rwandan Genocide / Marie-Jolie Rwigema, 44
4 Testimonies of Child Survivors from Gitarama Prefecture: Preserving Memory of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide / Musa Wakhungu Olaka, 67
PART II. JUSTICE AND SOCIETY
5 Justice and Transformation within Rwanda / Joseph Ryarasa Nkurunziza, 91
6 Transitional Justice in the Wake of Genocide: The Contribution of Criminal Trials and Symbolic Reparations to Reconciliation in Rwanda / Samantha J. Lakin, Charity Wibabara, 110
7 “Double Genocide” or Revenge Killings? Did the Liberators of a Genocide Commit Their Own? / Jonathan R. Beloff, 132
8 Moving Forward: Creating a Safe Space for Women Raped during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda / Odeth Kantengwa, 150
PART III. JUSTICE AND MEMORY THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
9 An Open Grave: The Kigali Memorial and the Aesthetics of Memorialization / Tawia B. Ansah, 167
10 Remembering Rwanda through Transnational, Multivocal Narrative / Anna-Marie de Beer, 188
11 Fictions of Justice in Post-Genocide Films: Conflict Resolution and the Search for Reconciliation / George S. MacLeod, 207
12 Memory and Photographs of Unrepresentable Trauma in Rwandan Transitional Justice / Sonya de Laat, 228
13 Rwandan Youth Speak! Memory and Justice through Poetry / Ashlee Cawley, Stephanie Wolfe, Jessica Gatoni, Bliss Light Nshokeyinka, Claudine Karangwa Ingabire, Fred Mfuranzima, Guy Cadeau, Innocent Byiringiro, 249
PART IV. CONCLUSIONS
14 Conclusion / Tawia B. Ansah, 271
1 Memory and Justice: A Personal, Cultural, and Global Experience / Matthew C Kane, Stephanie Wolfe, 3
2 Through the Eyes of Children: The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda / Ashlee Cawley, Stephanie Wolfe, Omar Ndizeye, Jacqueline Murekatete, Consolee Nishimwe, Théobald Kayiranga, Jason Nshimye, Eugenie Mukeshimana, 21
3 Experts in the Suffering of Others: Race, Knowledge Production, and the Rwandan Genocide / Marie-Jolie Rwigema, 44
4 Testimonies of Child Survivors from Gitarama Prefecture: Preserving Memory of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide / Musa Wakhungu Olaka, 67
PART II. JUSTICE AND SOCIETY
5 Justice and Transformation within Rwanda / Joseph Ryarasa Nkurunziza, 91
6 Transitional Justice in the Wake of Genocide: The Contribution of Criminal Trials and Symbolic Reparations to Reconciliation in Rwanda / Samantha J. Lakin, Charity Wibabara, 110
7 “Double Genocide” or Revenge Killings? Did the Liberators of a Genocide Commit Their Own? / Jonathan R. Beloff, 132
8 Moving Forward: Creating a Safe Space for Women Raped during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda / Odeth Kantengwa, 150
PART III. JUSTICE AND MEMORY THROUGH ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
9 An Open Grave: The Kigali Memorial and the Aesthetics of Memorialization / Tawia B. Ansah, 167
10 Remembering Rwanda through Transnational, Multivocal Narrative / Anna-Marie de Beer, 188
11 Fictions of Justice in Post-Genocide Films: Conflict Resolution and the Search for Reconciliation / George S. MacLeod, 207
12 Memory and Photographs of Unrepresentable Trauma in Rwandan Transitional Justice / Sonya de Laat, 228
13 Rwandan Youth Speak! Memory and Justice through Poetry / Ashlee Cawley, Stephanie Wolfe, Jessica Gatoni, Bliss Light Nshokeyinka, Claudine Karangwa Ingabire, Fred Mfuranzima, Guy Cadeau, Innocent Byiringiro, 249
PART IV. CONCLUSIONS
14 Conclusion / Tawia B. Ansah, 271
