“A calf cannot fail to pick a colour from its mother”: intergenerational transmission of trauma and its effect on reconciliation among post-genocide Rwandan youth
Abstract Background More than one million Rwandans were killed over a span of one hundred days during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis. Many adult survivors were severely traumatized by the events, and young people, including those who were born after the genocide, have experienced similar genoc...
Main Authors: | Marie Grace Kagoyire, Jeannette Kangabe, Marie Chantal Ingabire |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2023-04-01
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Series: | BMC Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01129-y |
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