The Banyamulenge Soldier
The Banyamulenge Soldier offers a critical analysis of combatant experiences from within the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and subsequent armed groups through the interpretation of Banyamulenge soldier narratives. Banyamulenge young men joined the RPF and acted as foot soldiers in the RPF’s fight ag...
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| author | Davey, Christopher P. |
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| description | The Banyamulenge Soldier offers a critical analysis of combatant experiences from within the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and subsequent armed groups through the interpretation of Banyamulenge soldier narratives. Banyamulenge young men joined the RPF and acted as foot soldiers in the RPF’s fight against the genocidaire in 1994 and later conflicts, becoming active agents of conflict in the region up to the present. In examining the highly political discourse and stories around the Rwandan conflict and Congo wars, this book examines RPF memory, the evolution of its uses of violence, and how these memories have shaped Banyamulenge combatants. Challenging the preconceived perpetrator and victim categories with a forward-thinking approach using the concept of genocide narrative identity—meaning a narrative identity shaped by experiences of social destruction or uses of genocide as a concept—Christopher P. Davey reveals how the stories we tell about ourselves shapes who we are. He shows that Banyamulenge experiences of genocide between Congo and Rwanda are layered around agencies of victimhood and perpetration of genocide. Using soldier and other community narratives, Davey examines the subjective nature of genocide in perception of an event, strategic deployment of the label, and in the (re)shaping of social worlds inhabited by this community and therefore impacting others in Congo and Rwanda. The Banyamulenge Soldier offers an insider view of the historical dynamics of current conflicts in South Kivu while adding to our understanding of relational genocide theory. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1668132025-09-30T05:09:33Z The Banyamulenge Soldier Davey, Christopher P. African Great Lakes region, Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre AFDL, Banyamulenge, Congo, Gatumba, Genocide, Genocidaires, Gumino, Hutu, Identity, Memory, Minembwe, Narrative, Rwanda, Rwandan Patriotic Front RPF, Self-Defence, Soldier, South Kivu, Rebellion, Refugees, Tutsi, Twirwaneho, Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre, AFDL, Rwandan Patriotic Front, RPF thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JW Warfare and defence::JWX Other warfare and defence issues::JWXK War crimes The Banyamulenge Soldier offers a critical analysis of combatant experiences from within the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) and subsequent armed groups through the interpretation of Banyamulenge soldier narratives. Banyamulenge young men joined the RPF and acted as foot soldiers in the RPF’s fight against the genocidaire in 1994 and later conflicts, becoming active agents of conflict in the region up to the present. In examining the highly political discourse and stories around the Rwandan conflict and Congo wars, this book examines RPF memory, the evolution of its uses of violence, and how these memories have shaped Banyamulenge combatants. Challenging the preconceived perpetrator and victim categories with a forward-thinking approach using the concept of genocide narrative identity—meaning a narrative identity shaped by experiences of social destruction or uses of genocide as a concept—Christopher P. Davey reveals how the stories we tell about ourselves shapes who we are. He shows that Banyamulenge experiences of genocide between Congo and Rwanda are layered around agencies of victimhood and perpetration of genocide. Using soldier and other community narratives, Davey examines the subjective nature of genocide in perception of an event, strategic deployment of the label, and in the (re)shaping of social worlds inhabited by this community and therefore impacting others in Congo and Rwanda. The Banyamulenge Soldier offers an insider view of the historical dynamics of current conflicts in South Kivu while adding to our understanding of relational genocide theory. 2025-09-30T05:09:33Z 2025-09-30T05:09:33Z 2025-09-29T07:26:40Z 2025 book ONIX_20250929T091909_9780472905294_7 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/106140 9780472905294 9780472077694 9780472057696 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/166813 eng Ethnic Conflict: Studies in Nationality, Race, and Culture open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/106140/1/9780472905294.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.12407254 10.3998/mpub.12407254 b7359529-e5f7-4510-a59f-d7dafa1d4d17 9780472905294 9780472077694 9780472057696 390 open access |
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| title | The Banyamulenge Soldier |
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