New Community, Old Tradition: The Intore Warrior as a Symbol of the New Man. Rwanda’s Itorero-Policy of Societal Recreation
In Rwanda, the state-driven program, Itorero ry’Igihugu, revives an old military institution, Itorero, of the pre-colonial kingdom’s Tutsi elite warriors, Intore [the chosen ones]. By building a new national community of “chosen people” through civic education and cultural adjustment trainings (...
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University of Hradec Králové
2015-05-01
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| Series: | Modern Africa |
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| Online Access: | https://195.113.118.27/modernafrica/article/view/88 |