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  1. 1. Employing Genocide : Narratives, Ethnic Identities, and Political Legitimacy in Post-Genocide Rwanda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Gustaf Hallström; [2023]
    Keywords : Rwanda; Genocide; narratives; memory politics; ethnicity; identity; collective identity; power struggle; Paul Kagame; social psychology; collective memory; politics of memory; memory consumers; politicised identities; reconciliation; official narratives;

    Abstract : This thesis offers an analysis on the memory politics in post-genocide Rwanda, and examines the official narratives regarding history, ethnicity, and identity in order to analyse how political elites in Rwanda politicises collective identity and transforms the social environment of its population through establishing power struggles. By adopting of a qualitative content analysis, the thesis focuses on the speeches by the president Paul Kagame held at the start of each year’s commemorative event of the genocide, known as Kwibuka. READ MORE

  3. 2. Female Representation and Development : A case study of the gender-sensitive developmental outcomes of female representation in the Rwandan parliament

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna Kylili; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine the relation between women’s representation and gender-sensitive development, or women-friendly issues. This is done through a case study of Rwanda, a country that has faced rapid development and increase in women representatives in parliament which makes the country unique and useful for this study. READ MORE

  4. 3. Naturresursernas roll i konflikten i östra Demokratiska Republiken Kongo : en analys av primitiv ackumulation och ackumulation genom fråntagande

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Erik Boklund; [2013]
    Keywords : DRC; conflict; natural resources; primitiv accumulation; politisk ekonomi;

    Abstract : I Demokratiska Republiken Kongo (DRC) lever 71% (2006) av landets befolkning under fattigdomsgränsen, trots att landet är kapabelt att producera 80% av världens diamanter och besitter stora reserver av mineralerna coltan, kassiterit och koppar. Förklaringen till detta är delvis att landet sedan 1996 plågats av en utdragen konflikt som än idag pågår i östra DRC. READ MORE