the search for spaces of peace in the great lakes region
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Daley, Patricia O.
- Publish Year
- 2008
- Shelfmark
- AFR 8 2008
- Thesaurus
- oorlog en vrede, moorden, gender, militarisme, etniciteit, vluchtelingen, hulpverlening, ngo's, theorieën, beleid, Burundi
- Description
- This book studies the history of genocide in Burundi, adopting a black feminist geo-political methodology, drawing on the methodological framework of 'intersectionality'. Daley pleads for reform of the processes whereby local and international bodies put together peace agreements. She examines the historical foundations of the genocidal state. She considers the influences of the pre-colonial period and colonialism on structures of power. She describes the developments in the post-colonial period, international exploitative trade, and recurrent military regimes. She also considers the violence in the region, that together with a shifting agenda of international humanitarianism results in the fact that Burundi refugees are no longer as welcom in Tanzania as they used to be.