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Becoming Rwandan

Education, Reconciliation, and the Making of a Post-Genocide Citizen
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Description

In the aftermath of the genocide, the Rwandan government has attempted to use the education system in order to sustain peace and shape a new generation of Rwandans. Their hope is to create a generation focused on a unified and patriotic future rather than the ethnically divisive past. Yet, the government's efforts to manipulate global models around citizenship, human rights, and reconciliation to serve its national goals have had mixed results, with new tensions emerging across social groups. Becoming Rwandan argues that although the Rwandan government utilizes global discourses in national policy documents, the way in which teachers and students engage with these global models distorts the intention of the government, resulting in unintended consequences and undermining a sustainable peace.

Product Details

PublisherRutgers University Press
Publish DateOctober 11, 2019
Pages272
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9781978802865
Dimensions8.4 X 5.5 X 0.8 inches | 0.6 pounds

About the Author

S. GARNETT RUSSELL is an assistant professor of international and comparative education and the director of the George Clement Bond Center for African Education at Teachers College, Columbia University in New York.

Reviews

"This book is a must-read for practitioners and scholars exploring the effects of education policy in fragile contexts under a state-driven peacebuilding project."-- "International Journal of Human Rights Education"

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