The Antelopes Strategy

Posted on 22 May 2017 by Jean Hatzfeld

A powerful report on the aftereffects of the genocide in Rwanda and on the near impossibility of reconciliation between survivors and killersIn two acclaimed previous works, the noted French journalist Jean Hatzfeld offered a profound, harrowing witness to the unimaginable pain and horror in the mass killings of one group of people by another Combining his own analysis of the events with interviews from both the Hutu killers who carried out acts of unimaginable depravity and the Tutsi survivors who somehow managed to escape, in one, based mostly on interviews with Tutsi survivors, he explored in unprecedented depth the witnesses understanding of the psychology of evil and their courage in survival in the second, he probed further, in talks with a group of Hutu killers about their acts of unimaginable depravity.Now, in The Antelope s Strategy, he returns to Rwanda seven years later to talk with both the Hutus and Tutsis he d come to know some of the killers who had been released from prison or returned from Congolese exile, and the Tutsi escapees who must now tolerate them as neighbors How are they managing with the process of reconciliation Do you think in their hearts it is possible The enormously varied and always surprising answers he gets suggest that the political ramifications of the international community s efforts to insist on resolution after these murderous episodes are incalculable This is an astonishing exploration of the pain of memory, the nature of stoic hope, and the ineradicability of grief. Download The Antelopes Strategy Author Jean Hatzfeld – kino-fada.fr The Antelope Strategy by Jean Hatzfield3 StarsIn 1994, within one month s time, approximately 59,000 Tutsi s were slaughtered by their Hutu neighbors Hatzfield, a French reporter, has published a trilogy on the survivors and the murderers The Antelope Strategy in the final installment Hatzfield has returned to Rwanda after the government has released a number of Hutu s after serving only seven years in prison as part of a reconciliation plan Since the Tutsi s are herdsman and the Hutu s are The Antelope Strategy by Jean Hatzfield3 StarsIn 1994, within one month s time, approximately 59,000 Tutsi s were slaughtered by their Hutu neighbors Hatzfield, a French reporter, has published a trilogy on the survivors an...I had not realized that this was the third of a series of oral histories related to the Rwandan genocide Hatzfeld has also written an oral history based on accounts by survivors in the same region, and one based on accounts by the killers in the same region, given while they were imprisoned I d be very interested in reading those accounts as well This volume focuses on the period of time, seven years after the genocide, when the killers, who had thought they would be imprisoned for life, are I had not realized that this was the third of a series of oral histories related to the Rwandan genocide Hatzfeld has also written an oral history based on accounts by survivors in the same region, and one based on accounts by the killers in the same region, given while they were imprisoned I d be very interested in reading those accounts as well This volume focuses on the period o...The final piece of the puzzle in Hatzfeld s trilogy I recommend reading the other two books first, or this won t make as much sense He succeeds in making us question what it must be like to be forced to live in the same communit...You think you are surrounded by decent, good, normal, maybe even respectable people You think they could not murder you, your wife or your children Think again The Rwandan genocide didn t happen in gas chambers, camps or gulags It happened out in the open by the hands of friends and neighbours and my mind just freezes when it tries to understand HOW can this happen.To understand what happened in Rwanda is a painful task It s a shame that most people from the Western world don t even know wh You think you are surrounded by decent, good, normal, maybe even respectable people You think they could not murder you, your wife or your children Think again The Rwandan genocide didn t happen in gas chambers, camps or gulags It happened out in the open by the hands of friends and neighbours and my mind just freezes when it tries to understand HOW can this happen.To understand what happened in Rwanda is a painful task It s a shame that most people from the Western w...I have mixed feelings about this anthology of interviews from the Hutus who performed genocide in Rwanda and the Tutsis who survived it On the one hand the interview material is well presented and fascinating, documenting the attempted reconciliation following a mass release of nearly all of the Hutus involved in the genocide from prison into an uncomfortable coexistence On the other, the author makes broad statements, such as those about Africa alluding to an entire continent through a si I have mixed feelings about this anthology of interviews from the Hutus who performed genocide in Rwanda and the Tutsis who survived it On the one hand the interview material is well pr...Toto by asi nemala by prv kniha, ktor budete ta o Rwande, lebo fakty a vysvetlenia genoc dy tu nie s iadne, je to ist oral history Je to ale asi jedna z najlep ch kn h o Rwande, lebo sa dost va ove a hlb ie ako v ina in ch k podstate ...Especially appreciated the way Hatzfeld intentionally translates interviews into complex English I felt it was an essential part of his communicating the agency and complexity of informants emotions around the genocide as well as reducing unconscious stereot...A very harrowing book, but ultimately enlightening First hand accounts from the genocide in Rwanda ten years after the horror as the victims and the killers try to live together A terrible but beautiful philosophic and poetic thought lies at the heart ...An interesting style Though there are occasional thoughtful essays interspersed, the author largely gets out of the way and lets the raw transcripts of interviews tell the story.Hlbok poh ad na rwandsk spolo nos po genoc de e zmierenie v bec nie je jednoduch a e to, o m teraz Rwanda je ve mi krehk Na oboch stran ch vrahovia a pre iv udia s r znymi sp sobmi vyrovn vania sa s udalos ami i s r znymi n zormi T trauma spolo nosti je neuverite ne ve k a t to kniha ju um...

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22 May 2017

Jean Hatzfeld