Local authority and the rwandan genocide of 1994: The case of the Bourgmestre Jean-Paul Akayesu

Authors

  • Danilo Ferreira da Fonseca

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/HeP-v31n59p155-167

Keywords:

Rwanda, Genocide, Akayesu

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the place that Rwandan politicians linked to the small local administrations, mainly the communes, possessed before the organization and execution of the genocide of Rwanda in 1994. To this end, we constructed an analysis from a case study linked to the burgomaster Jean-Paul Akayesu, who administered the commune of Taba (prefecture of Gitarama) in the previous period and during the genocide. The analysis is constructed mainly from the document produced by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) entitled The prosecutor versus Jean-Paul Akayesu – Case No. ICTR-96-4-T, 1998. In this way, the aim is also to assess the harmful effects of Belgian colonialism in a process of mental colonization.

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Author Biography

Danilo Ferreira da Fonseca

Professor da Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste (Paraná), lotado no Departamento de História do Campus de Irati/PR. É Doutor em História Social pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), com a tese Etnicidade e lutas de classe na África contemporânea: o África do Sul (1948 – 1994) e Ruanda (1959 – 1994).

Published

2019-06-24

How to Cite

FONSECA, D. F. da. Local authority and the rwandan genocide of 1994: The case of the Bourgmestre Jean-Paul Akayesu. Revista História & Perspectivas, [S. l.], v. 31, n. 59, p. 155–167, 2019. DOI: 10.14393/HeP-v31n59p155-167. Disponível em: https://seer.ufu.br/index.php/historiaperspectivas/article/view/49371. Acesso em: 22 jul. 2024.