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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    21 April 2026
    30 April 2026
    ISBN:
    9781009677592
    9781009677608
    9781009677578
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    242 Pages
    Dimensions:
    (229 x 152 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    242 Pages
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Public amnesia and the political choice to 'forget' aspects of a difficult past define many post-atrocity contexts. Paths to Forgetting explores how distinct forms of transition such as rebel victory or power-sharing shape the memory regime and produce different forms of public amnesia in Rwanda, Burundi and Kenya. The book focuses on sites of violence and their encounters with erasure to capture the everyday aspects of securitisation of memory. The book finds that public amnesia directly impacts conflict transformation and peacebuilding. It examines how amnesia contributes to grievance via non-recognition in Rwanda, and how exposures without meaningful redress in Burundi and the refusal to engage with deeper roots of conflict in Kenya undermine peacebuilding. Finally, the book highlights the importance of addressing the regional dimensions of memory and forgetting and equips readers with new conceptual tools for peacebuilding scholarship and practice.

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