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Questions on the readings
Chapter 14
How can one explain that ethnic conflict has been relatively rare even though African societies are organized as ethnic groups (tribes)?
What were the principal differences between Hutu and Tutsi? What role did the colonial rule play in their relations?
What impact did decolonization have upon the situation in Burundi and Rwanda?
What were the similarities and differences between Rwanda and Burundi in terms of the relations between the two groups during the 1960s and the 1970s?
What impact did the free elections of 1990 have upon the political situation in Rwanda?
How premeditated was the Hutu genocide of the Tutsi? What is Mann's position on this question. What arguments did he formulate in favor of his position? What counter-arguments can one oppose to them?
Chapter 15
What impact did the assassination of Habyarimana have upon the political situation in Rwanda?
What factors explain the beginning of the genocide in some areas ahead of others? What factors usually served as a tipping point?
Why did the local authorities (i. e. the mayors) complied with the genocidal orders?
What common features do the Hutu paramilitary leaders demonstrate? Who were the rank and file members of the paramilitaries in terms of their social situation?
What were the usual characteristics of the ordinary perpetrators? What motivated them? How did they justify their actions?
Who among the Tutsi were most likely to die in the genocide?
In what way the Rwandan genocide is different from other cases of genocide that we considered in this course?