Author : Celestin Nsengiyumva
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ISBN 13 : 9782916380322
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (83 download)
Book Synopsis African Great Lakes Countries from Independence to Deception and Instability by : Celestin Nsengiyumva
Download or read book African Great Lakes Countries from Independence to Deception and Instability written by Celestin Nsengiyumva and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For over twenty years, international experts, diplomats and journalists have thought that Rwanda was the epicenter of instability in the African Great Lakes Region. It’s true that after the Rwandan civil war 1990-1994, that country has been the origin of trouble in Congo and Burundi. Rwanda has even initiated muscle-flexing episodes with Uganda over issues of Congolese loot and regional influence. All this is true, but it is not the whole truth. The epicenter of instability in the region does not have geographical coordinates in the region. In fact, it lies at the intersection of European territorial delineation of colonial domains; administration of colonial territories for the sole benefit of colonial powers and poor preparation of post independence human resources in colonial territories; continued and increased lust of industrial Europe for the region’s mineral resources; messy decolonization followed by ascent to power of unprepared former colonial armies sergeants and the resolve of global powers to pursue unequal trade relations between the North and the South, just like before independence. This is what Celestin Nsengiyumva, a former journalist, and a former senior civil servant of the government of Rwanda until July 1994, attempts to highlight for the reader, across the pages of the book you are holding in your hands." -- page [4] of cover.