Journal of Humanitarian Assistance
Appendix 4
Interviews and Meetings
As an important complement to the written sources which formed the basis of this study, a number of interviews with established experts on Rwanda have been carried out during the process of work on Study I. These interviews included talks with:
- Prof. Jean-Pierre Chrétien (Centre de Recherche Africain, Paris).
- Dr. José Kagabo (Centre d'Etudes Africaines, Paris).
- Dr. Antoine Lema (University of Lund, Sweden).
- Dr. Ian Linden (Catholic Institute for International Relations, London).
- Prof. Stefaan Marysse (University of Antwerp).
- Prof. Catharine Newbury (University of North Carolina).
- Prof. David Newbury (University of North Carolina).
- Prof. Gérard Prunier (Centre de Recherche Africain, Paris).
- Prof. Filip Reyntjens (University of Antwerp).
In addition, discussions with other experts have taken place, and some of them also read and commented on the drafts:
- Joël Dine (Ministère de la Coopération, Paris).
- Dr. John R. Eriksson (former Director USAID-CDIE).
- Prof. André Guichaoua (University of Lille).
Several workshops and seminars with focus on Rwanda took place during the period of work on Study I. Members of the study team participated in the following seminars: "Preparatory Research seminar on the Rwanda conflict and Church and Society in Central Africa", organised in Uppsala on 6-8 April 1995 by the Swedish Institute of Missionary Research, Life & Peace Institute and the Christian Council of Sweden, and "Perspectives on the future for Rwanda", which was organized by the University of Westminster and took place in London on 12 May 1995. Both these occasions were valubale opportunities to talk with experts on Rwanda, and gave new ideas to the presentation.
Apart from visits to Antwerp (February 1995), Paris (March and November 1995) and London (12 May 1995), the head of the study team also made a brief visit to Rwanda in April 1995, where he met government officials and representatives of various UN and NGO aid agencies.