Abstract

The death or internal displacement of millions of people in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since independence on 30 June 1960 can be traced, directly or indirectly, to what Mahmood Mamdani has termed the crisis of post-colonial (Mamdani 2001: 19-39). This chapter provides a brief historical analysis of two cases - crisis associated with Hutu-Tutsi conflict in Rwanda and Burundi and its repercussions in entire Great Lakes region, and ethnic cleansing in Katanga province - with a view to showing how politics of citizenship can be used to inhibit or frustrate political emancipation and democratisation. The first is directly tied to ethnic identity politics and genocide of 1994 in Rwanda, and second to colonial and post-colonial political manipulation aimed at weakening emancipatory and democratisation processes. Keywords: Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Hutu-Tutsi conflict; Katanga province; political community

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