Ubuntu and the journey of listening to the Rwandan genocide story

In the face of collective trauma such as genocide, apartheid, mass killings and xenophobia,ubuntu requires of us to show solidarity with our fellow human beings. To my mind, one of the highest forms of doing so is to open up spaces of authentic listening to the stories of those who have experienced...

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Published in:Verbum et ecclesia
Subtitles:Ubuntu, sub-edited by Julian C. Müller and Wilhelm van Deventer
Main Author: Beer, Anna-Marie de (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. [2015]
In: Verbum et ecclesia
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NBE Anthropology
Further subjects:B Rwanda
B Koulsy Lamko
B duty of memory
B Witness
B Representation
B Trauma
B Genocide
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Summary:In the face of collective trauma such as genocide, apartheid, mass killings and xenophobia,ubuntu requires of us to show solidarity with our fellow human beings. To my mind, one of the highest forms of doing so is to open up spaces of authentic listening to the stories of those who have experienced these atrocities. In the genocide narratives of the commemorative project Rwanda: Écrire par devoir de mémoire (Rwanda: Writing as a duty to memory), travelling and writing become a mode of listening and transformation. However, this theme is articulated very differently in the many texts which form part of the project. This article concentrates on one such representation of the transformative voyage that the writers propose, namely the highly symbolic work of Koulsy Lamko.
ISSN:2074-7705
Contains:Enthalten in: Verbum et ecclesia
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4102/ve.v36i2.1436