One of the other fictions of the events in Rwanda is that the culture of the Hutus was more or less programmed to self-destruct, hence the 'genocide'. A useful critique of this appears in:
_Obedience in Rwanda _ by Barrie Collins | 0 86339 778 6 | pp25 | price £4.00 + 50p p&p (UK pound sterling) The ending of the Cold War brought about a succession of violent upheavels in Rwanda. Events were reported in cataclysmic terms. Without the familiar signposts of left and right journalists and political analysts have tended to explain the developments by adopting an emotive, moralistic approach.
In Obedience in Rwanda: A Critical Question Barrie Collins argues for an alternative explanation which takes as its starting point the contingent forces - domestic and international - which impacted upon Rwanda society in the early 1990s. For those who are unconvinced by 'ethnic extremism' as a key dynamic in Africa's post-Cold War climate, this is refreshing reading.
(from the publishers' website): http://www.shu.ac.uk/services/lc/shupress/shuprnew.html
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