Alice Urusaro Uwagaga Karekezi
Biographic Data
| ID | 376161 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alice Urusaro Uwagaga Karekezi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alice Urusaro Uwagaga |
| FAMILY NAME | Karekezi |
| SIGNATURE | KAREKEZI A U U |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Rwanda |
| ORCID | 0009-0009-4835-8961 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reclaiming Motherhood and Resisting Erasure in Belgian Colonial Rwanda
This article brings to light the overlooked experiences of Rwandan mothers of colonial Métis whose mixed-‘race’ children were forcibly removed under Belgian colonial rule and who remain largely absent from both public memory and feminist scholarship. Focusing on the life of Peruth (Perusi) Kagaju, a Rwandan mother whose two sons were taken without her consent and adopted by a white Belgian family, it explores how the Belgian colonial authorities …
Telling stories that cannot be told
On the eve of independence in Ruanda-Urundi, hundreds of Métis children were taken from Catholic missions and flown to Belgium where they would be fostered, adopted, or sent to local boarding schools. These illegitimate children of white European fathers and Black African mothers were viewed by the colonial authorities as ‘children of sin’. Most of the Métis never saw their birth mothers again and remained illegitimate, unacknowledged by their wh…
Re-centring the Mothers of Rwanda's Abducted "Métis" Children
In April 2019, the Belgian prime minister publicly apologised for the segregation, deportation and forced adoption of thousands of children born to mixed-race couples during Belgian colonial rule in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Known as the “métis”, the children were rarely acknowledged by their white European fathers. The apology took place against a backdrop of increasing calls for accountability for colonial crimes…
The Rwandan Genocide
When Victims Become Killers:Colonialism, Nativism, and theGenocide in Rwandaby Mahmood MamdaniPrinceton University Press, 2001,364 pp., $16.95,ISBN 0-691-05821-0 Any student of Rwanda could observe that the 1994 genocide has induced a number of persons and organizations to devote their research capacities to document and explain it. There is no doubt that these analyses have contributed greatly to a better understanding of the Rwanda crisis, espe…
Re-centring the Mothers of Rwanda's Abducted "Métis" Children
In April 2019, the Belgian prime minister publicly apologised for the segregation, deportation and forced adoption of thousands of children born to mixed-race couples during Belgian colonial rule in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Known as the “métis”, the children were rarely acknowledged by their white European fathers. The apology took place against a backdrop of increasing calls for accountability for colonial crimes…
The Rwandan Genocide
When Victims Become Killers:Colonialism, Nativism, and theGenocide in Rwandaby Mahmood MamdaniPrinceton University Press, 2001,364 pp., $16.95,ISBN 0-691-05821-0 Any student of Rwanda could observe that the 1994 genocide has induced a number of persons and organizations to devote their research capacities to document and explain it. There is no doubt that these analyses have contributed greatly to a better understanding of the Rwanda crisis, espe…
Re-centring the Mothers of Rwanda's Abducted "Métis" Children
In April 2019, the Belgian prime minister publicly apologised for the segregation, deportation and forced adoption of thousands of children born to mixed-race couples during Belgian colonial rule in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. Known as the “métis”, the children were rarely acknowledged by their white European fathers. The apology took place against a backdrop of increasing calls for accountability for colonial crimes…
Telling stories that cannot be told
On the eve of independence in Ruanda-Urundi, hundreds of Métis children were taken from Catholic missions and flown to Belgium where they would be fostered, adopted, or sent to local boarding schools. These illegitimate children of white European fathers and Black African mothers were viewed by the colonial authorities as ‘children of sin’. Most of the Métis never saw their birth mothers again and remained illegitimate, unacknowledged by their wh…
Reclaiming Motherhood and Resisting Erasure in Belgian Colonial Rwanda
This article brings to light the overlooked experiences of Rwandan mothers of colonial Métis whose mixed-‘race’ children were forcibly removed under Belgian colonial rule and who remain largely absent from both public memory and feminist scholarship. Focusing on the life of Peruth (Perusi) Kagaju, a Rwandan mother whose two sons were taken without her consent and adopted by a white Belgian family, it explores how the Belgian colonial authorities …
Gender Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Colonialism (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Scholarship (2 works)