Ser perro en Ruanda: De Imbwa a Umusega
Rwanda has an extremely small canine population compared to the rest of African countries. However, in recent years, this country is experiencing an emergency of dogs as pets, especially in the capital, Kigali. If this increase poses a political and social challenge for many countries, the case of R...
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| description | Rwanda has an extremely small canine population compared to the rest of African countries. However, in recent years, this country is experiencing an emergency of dogs as pets, especially in the capital, Kigali. If this increase poses a political and social challenge for many countries, the case of Rwanda is particularly sensitive, since during the genocide in 1994, there were substantial changes in human-dog relations, which persist. This paper shows how colonial and postcolonial processes have widespread repercussions over time, which transcend the barrier of the species. The text illustrates the idea that the political, social, and environmental consequences of these processes involve all beings in interaction. In Rwanda, the historical and cultural background that in the past marked human interactions with dogs, today has an impact on the challenges facing the country. Rwandan dogs also have something to say in the reconciliation process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ce61fa4e0ab44f81923d7a8f2f3a7e632024-02-14T16:52:29ZengCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos1626-02522021-06-0110.4000/nuevomundo.84538Ser perro en Ruanda: De Imbwa a UmusegaEduardo Barona ColladoRwanda has an extremely small canine population compared to the rest of African countries. However, in recent years, this country is experiencing an emergency of dogs as pets, especially in the capital, Kigali. If this increase poses a political and social challenge for many countries, the case of Rwanda is particularly sensitive, since during the genocide in 1994, there were substantial changes in human-dog relations, which persist. This paper shows how colonial and postcolonial processes have widespread repercussions over time, which transcend the barrier of the species. The text illustrates the idea that the political, social, and environmental consequences of these processes involve all beings in interaction. In Rwanda, the historical and cultural background that in the past marked human interactions with dogs, today has an impact on the challenges facing the country. Rwandan dogs also have something to say in the reconciliation process.https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/84538GenocideRwandaHuman-Animal StudiesBiopoliticsPostcolonial Animal Studies |
| spellingShingle | Eduardo Barona Collado Ser perro en Ruanda: De Imbwa a Umusega Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos Genocide Rwanda Human-Animal Studies Biopolitics Postcolonial Animal Studies |
| title | Ser perro en Ruanda: De Imbwa a Umusega |
| title_full | Ser perro en Ruanda: De Imbwa a Umusega |
| title_fullStr | Ser perro en Ruanda: De Imbwa a Umusega |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ser perro en Ruanda: De Imbwa a Umusega |
| title_short | Ser perro en Ruanda: De Imbwa a Umusega |
| title_sort | ser perro en ruanda de imbwa a umusega |
| topic | Genocide Rwanda Human-Animal Studies Biopolitics Postcolonial Animal Studies |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/84538 |
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