fetishization effect: the manipulation power of the Machete in the Rwandan Genocide.
TitleThe fetishization effect: the manipulation power of the Machete in the Rwandan Genocide.
Author
Call numberP967.57104/001
Object number10331
Place of publicationSydney, New South Wales, Australia
PublisherEquinox Publishing
Year of publication
2018
MaterialLoose-leaf
NotesArticle from the journal 'Implicit Religious'
Description
The author explores the phenomenon of the 'fetishization' effect of the machete during the Rwandan genocide. By imparting an almost divine identity to the inanimate machete,Hutu murderers were encouraged to feel absolved from their crimes of violence towards their Tutsi victims.