Articles · Vol. 7 No. 1 (2011): Africa Review of Books, Volume 7, n° 1, 2011 · Pages 6-7

2 - Burundi History at a Glance

  • Joseph Gahama
    Joseph Gahama Historien - Professeur à l'Université du Burundi, Bujumbura (en 1988)
    JOSEPH GAHAMA holds a doctorate in History of African Societies (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1980). He has been professor at the Kigali Institute of Education since 2000, professor at the University of Burundi from 1981 to 2000 and visiting professor in numerous...
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Nigel Watt, the author of this book, is a humanitarian ‘expert’ who worked in Burundi between 1998 and 2002 under the auspices of the two well known NGOs, Christian Aid and CARE International. Prior to that, he had a long stay in Zambia, where he taught at and directed a secondary school in the second half of the 1960s. His objective in writing this book, as he makes it clear in the preface, is to introduce Burundi to the Anglophone world in general and the British public in particular. His thesis is
that Burundi is not as well known as its twin brother, Rwanda...

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Author Biography

  • Joseph Gahama, Historien - Professeur à l'Université du Burundi, Bujumbura (en 1988)

    JOSEPH GAHAMA holds a doctorate in History of African Societies (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 1980). He has been professor at the Kigali Institute of Education since 2000, professor at the University of Burundi from 1981 to 2000 and visiting professor in numerous African and European universities. He is author of many books, articles, and chapters of edited books on the history and politics of the African Great Lakes Region, especially of Rwanda and Burundi.

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