From Classrooms to Conflict in Rwanda

ISBN-13: 9781107039339 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 226 str.

Elisabeth King

Opis

Based on fieldwork and comparative historical analysis of Rwanda, this book questions the conventional wisdom that education builds peace. The text covers Rwanda over three different periods and argues that in each period, education was conducive to intergroup conflict.

Recenzje

'While other analyses of the Rwandan genocide have mentioned education among the many factors making the violence possible, this is the first attempt to look systematically at the role of education in relationship to conflict in Rwanda. This is also one of very few texts to look at Rwanda both before and after the genocide, rather than focusing on one era or the other. King draws extensively on secondary sources but also on a number of interviews that she conducted with people who have been either students or teachers in Rwandan schools at different points of time as well as with experts in education in Rwanda. This book should have broad interest, appealing to those with interests in education, conflict, and African affairs.' Timothy P. Longman, Director, African Studies Center, Boston University

Spis treści

1. Moving education from the margins to the mainstream; 2. Colonial schooling; 3. Schooling under the Rwandan republics; 4. Schooling after genocide; 5. Education for peace building: Rwanda in comparative perspective; 6. Conclusion.