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Book Review: Violence in the Rwenzori region and the puzzle of ethnicity

06 Sep, 2021

Source: Nile Post

Adventino Banjwa

Why would people rise up in their multitudes to kill their neighbours, or, at least, cheer when the state is slaughtering them? Why is having a separate district so important to members of an ethnic group that they kill and die for it? How does one explain the popularity of this violence?