Transmitting Memories in Rwanda

From a Survivor Parent to the Next Generation

AvClaver Irakoze,Caroline Williamson Sinalo

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

Del 2 i serien Postcolonial Lives

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Beskrivning

Known for its breathtaking scenery, the central-east African country of Rwanda lived through one of the worst episodes of violence of the late 20th century, the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in which over a million people were brutally murdered in 100 days.This book recounts the personal story of Claver Irakoze who survived the genocide as an eleven-year-old child and, like other Rwandans of his generation, is now grappling with the heavy responsibility of raising children in the post-genocide context.Tracing the various stages of Irakoze’s life experiences, each chapter teases out issues surrounding childhood, parenting and the transmission of memories between generations. The final chapter draws on Irakoze’s personal and professional experience to provide some reflections on managing memories of genocide within the family.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-01-12
Mått:155 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:472 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Postcolonial Lives
Antal sidor:188
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004522145

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Claver Irakoze is the author of the children’s book That Child Is Me (Imagine We, 2019), and producer of the song and music video “Umurage w’amateka” (The Legacy of History). Irakoze worked for the Aegis Trust, developing the Genocide Archive of Rwanda (www.genocidearchiverwanda.org.rw) and Peace and Values Education Digital Learning Platform (www.ubumuntu.rw). Caroline Williamson Sinalo is Lecturer in World Languages at University College Cork and the author of Rwanda after Genocide: Gender, Identity and Posttraumatic Growth (2018). She has published widely on the lives and experiences of survivors of violence.

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ForewordAcknowledgementMapsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1 Background to the Collaboration2 A Project Founded on Empirical Research3 Functions of Testimony4 Testimony as an Educational Tool5 The Challenges of Testimony6 Collaboration and Ethics7 Publishers and the Readership8 Moving ForwardPrologue1 Life Today2 To Burundi and Back Again3 School and the Discovery of a New World4 Deterioration of Community Life5 The Genocide against the Tutsi6 The Aftermath7 Growing up an Orphan8 Working on a New Identity9 Getting Married and Becoming a Parent10 Raising Rwanda’s Next Generation1Principle 1: Parenting Should Include the Full Participation of All Family Members2 Principle 2: Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First3 Principle 3: We Should Lay Down Strong Foundations4Principle 4: We Must Trust Our Children with the Truth5 Principle 5: It Takes a Village to Raise a ChildBibliograhieIndex