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States of Violence: Politics, Youth, and Memory in Contemporary Africa.

Publication: African Studies Quarterly
Publication Date: 22-SEP-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: States of Violence: Politics, Youth, and Memory in Contemporary Africa.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
States of Violence: Politics, Youth, and Memory in Contemporary Africa. Edna G. Ray and Donald L. Donham, eds. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. 268 pp.

Watching a documentary on the siege of Leningrad, a friend (of African descent) muttered to me during a particularly lethal battle, "Would you look at those Europeans? They're worse than Africans!" The popular myth that Africans are brutally tribalistic surely is a legacy of European stereotypes of the "savage" in need of "civilization" (and, of course, colonization). "Hotel Rwanda," "Blood Diamonds," and "Last King of Scotland" all depict Africa to Western movie-goers as a site of extraordinary cruelty. Charles Taylor's alleged cannibalism, prepubescent child soldiers slaughtering their parents, mass rape in Central Africa, torched huts in Darfur, election warfare...

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