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Article: Ethnic war in Africa
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 13, 1994
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It has become commonplace to speak of ethnic violence arising from
the ruins of communism in the Balkans and in the Transcaucasus states
of Central Asia as if it were something new and surprising. The
recent, appalling carnage in Rwanda and Burundi is a reminder that
ethnic hatred and genocidal bloodletting go hand in hand with the
breakup of empires no matter where or when.
In Europe we call it ethnic warfare; in Africa, tribal. But the
phenomenon is similar whether it be Northern Ireland, Yugoslavia,
Cyprus, Sri Lanka, India, Armenia or Rwanda and Burundi.
Ethnic conflict comes "in lock step with post-colonial
independence," as Duke University's Donald Horowitz observes. Each
group wants ...