In the Shadow of Genocide

This book brings together scholars and practitioners for a unique inter-disciplinary exploration of justice and memory within Rwanda.

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Stephanie Wolfe, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Weber State University in the Political Science and Philosophy department and a Research Associate in the Department of Ancient and Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Pretoria. Her research focuses on memory and justice following mass atrocities. Publications include The Politics of Reparations and Apologies (2014), and several book chapters on international law, reparations and apologies and memorialization.

Tawia B. Ansah, Ph.D., J.D., is a Professor of Law, a former Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, and former Acting Dean of Florida International University College of Law. His international experience includes service with the United Nations Field Operation to Rwanda.

Matthew C. Kane, LLM, J.D., is a practicing attorney and offers courses on international criminal law at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. He has been appointed to the list of counsel for the International Criminal Court and publishes extensively on issues relating to the ICC and other war crimes tribunals.

Inhalt

Part One: Memories of Genocide 1.Memory And Justice: A Personal, Cultural, and Global Experience 2.Through The Eyes Of Children: The 1994 Genocide Against The Tutsi In Rwanda 3.Experts In The Suffering Of Others: Race, Knowledge Production, And The Rwandan Genocide 4. Testimonies Of Child Survivors From Gitarama Prefecture: Preserving Memory Of The 1994 Rwanda Genocide Musa Wakhungu Part Two: Justice and Society 5.Justice And Transformation Within Rwanda 6.Transitional Justice In The Wake Of Genocide: The Contribution Of Criminal Trials And Symbolic Reparations To Reconciliation in Rwanda Samantha J. Lakin and Charity Wibabara 7."Double Genocide" Or Revenge Killings? Did The Liberators Of A Genocide Commit Their Own? 8.Moving Forward: Creating A Safe Space For Women Raped During the 1994 Genocide Against The Tutsi In Rwanda Part Three: Justice and Memory through Artistic Expression 9. An Open Grave: The Kigali Memorial And The Aesthetics Of Memorialization 10. Remembering Rwanda Through Transnational, Multivocal Narrative 11. Fictions Of Justice In Post-Genocide Films: Conflict Resolution And The Search For Reconciliation 12. Memory And Photographs Of Unrepresentable Trauma In Rwandan Transitional Justice 13.Rwandan Youth Speak! Memory And Justice Through Poetry Part Four: Conclusion 14.Conclusion