Rwanda and the new scramble for Africa : from tragedy to useful imperial fiction

Former Un Secretary General Boutros Boutros-ghali Declared To Author Robin Philpot That The Rwandan Genocide Was 100 Percent American Responsibility. Yet A More Official Narrative Would Have It That Horrible Hutu Génocidaires Planned And Executed A Satanic Scheme To Eliminate Nearly One Million Tutsis After The Rwandan Presidential Plane Crashed In The Heart Of Dark Africa On April 6, 1994. Where Do These Two Contradictory Narratives Come From? Which Is True? Robin Philpot's Vast And Methodical Research, Extensive Interviews, And Close Analysis Of Events, Testimony In Courts, And Popular Writings On The Subject Show Not Only That That Official Narrative Is False, But That It Was Edified To Cover Up The Causes Of The Tragedy And To Protect The Criminals Responsible For It. What's More, To Make That Story More Believable, The Storytellers Have Unfailingly Reproduced The Literary Traditions, Clichés, And Metaphors That Provided The Underpinnings Of Slavery, The Slave-trade, And Colonialism. Nearly 20 Years Later, The Facts About The Rwandan Tragedy Have Been So Distorted And The Adjudicated Facts Ignored That Rwanda Is Now Used Everywhere To Justify So-called Humanitarian Intervention Throughout Africa (and The World). It Has Become A Useful Imperial Fiction, And For That Reason, This Book Seeks To Find Out What Really Happened There. Invasion? What Invasion? -- In The Name Of Peace And Democracy -- The Power Of A Word -- Scouts At Her Majesty's Service -- A Coup By Any Other Name -- It Shall Be Called A Plane Crash -- How Is The Empire? -- The Heart Of Dark Imaginations -- Power To Those Who Have It! - Philip Gourevitch -- The Importance Of Being Canadian - Carol Off -- Sunday At The Cesspool - Gil Courtemanche -- An Avatar Of Colonial Europe -- Colette Braeckman -- International Criminal Justice As Battering Ram -- From His Rwandan Home, Banished A Wand'rer Came -- Watch Out For Africa! Closing In On The Congo -- Interview With Captain Amadou Deme - Shock And Awe In Kigali, April 1994 -- Human Rights Watch And Alison Des Forges Vs Rwandan Delegation In New York, May 1994. Robin Philpot. Translation Of: Ça Ne S'est Pas Passé Comme ça à Kigali. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format.

The book comprises three parts. The first part addresses the little-discussed but crucial events preceding the assassination of the presidents of Rwanda and BurundiFormer UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali declared, "The Rwandan genocide was 100% American Responsibility."Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali declared, "The Rwandan genocide was 100% American Responsibility."on April 6, 1994, which triggered massive killings. These include the invasion in 1990, drawn-out guerrilla and terrorist warfare, imposition of a new political and economic order followed by an ill named "peace process" that sanctified the occupation of the country by the invading army, and the assassination of two African heads of state.The second part, "The Heart of Dark Imaginations, " shows how popular literature on Rwanda has been built on the old clichés, metaphors, and conventions generated during 400 years of slavery, the slave trade, and colonialism, and helped justify them. The resulting narrative is perfectly crafted for the "new scramble for Africa."The third part takes down the so-called international criminal justice as applied to Rwanda and explains how and why the murderous, never-ending war in Congo began.

The book comprises three parts. The first part addresses the little-discussed but crucial events preceding the assassination of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali declared, "The Rwandan genocide was 100% American Responsibility." Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali declared, "The Rwandan genocide was 100% American Responsibility." on April 6, 1994, which triggered massive killings. These include the invasion in 1990, drawn-out guerrilla and terrorist warfare, imposition of a new political and economic order followed by an ill named "peace process" that sanctified the occupation of the country by the invading army, and the assassination of two African heads of state. The second part, "The Heart of Dark Imaginations," shows how popular literature on Rwanda has been built on the old clichés, metaphors, and conventions generated during 400 years of slavery, the slave trade, and colonialism, and helped justify them. The resulting narrative is perfectly crafted for the "new scramble for Africa." The third part takes down the so-called international criminal justice as applied to Rwanda and explains how and why the murderous, never-ending war in Congo began.