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02710aam a2200385 a 4500 001 0453120CF70611E582760BA0DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160331010051 008 130322t20132013wiua b s001 0 eng c 010 $a 2013010424 020 $a 0299296741 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780299296742 (pbk. : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)833630774 040 $a WU/DLC $b eng $c GZM $d DLC $d YUS $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d BDX $d CDX $d OCLCF $d NGU $d DEBBG $d FDA $d ORZ $d ZLM $d IAK $d OCL $d NhCcYME $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-rw--- 050 00 $a DT450.44 $b .T46 2013 050 00 $a DT450.44 $b .T46 2013 100 1 $a Thomson, Susan M. 245 10 $a Whispering truth to power : $b everyday resistance to reconciliation in postgenocide Rwanda / $c Susan Thomson. 264 1 $a Madison : $b University of Wisconsin Press, $c [2013] 300 $a xxvii, 258 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Africa and the diaspora: history, politics, culture. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-235) and index. 520 $a "For 100 days in 1994, genocide engulfed Rwanda. Since then, many in the international community have praised the country's postgenocide government for its efforts to foster national unity and reconciliation by downplaying ethnic differences and promoting "one Rwanda for all Rwandans." Examining how ordinary rural Rwandans experience and view these policies, Whispering Truth to Power challenges the conventional wisdom on postgenocide Rwanda. Susan Thomson finds that many of Rwanda's poorest citizens distrust the local officials charged with implementing the state program and believe that it ignores the deepest problems of the countryside: lack of land, jobs, and a voice in policies that affect lives and livelihoods. Based on interviews with dozens of Rwandan peasants and government officials, this book reveals how the nation's disenfranchised poor have been engaging in everyday resistance, cautiously and carefully--"whispering" their truth to the powers that be. This quiet opposition, Thomson argues, suggests that some of the nation's most celebrated postgenocide policies have failed to garner the grassroots support needed to sustain peace." -- Publisher's description. 651 0 $a Rwanda $x Politics and government $y 1994- 651 0 $a Rwanda $x Social conditions $y 21st century. 650 0 $a Government, Resistance to $z Rwanda. 830 0 $a Africa and the diaspora. 941 $a 4 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214022707.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021022725.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826090049.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20160331011542.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0453120CF70611E582760BA0DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search