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BOOK REVIEWS

Julius O. Adekunle. Culture and Customs of Rwanda. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press, 2007. xix, 164 pp. Researches that bring the cultures of African countries to the world’s attention are important for general knowledge transfer, historical and anthropological research, and development studies. Researches that bring the cultures of African countries to the world’s attention are important for general knowledge transfer, historical and anthropological research, and development studies. While the western media has proven to be influential in its coverage of Africa, it has failed to depict satisfactorily the realities on-ground. This is probably why books remain the most reliable means for information dissemination, part of the series ‚Culture and Customs of Africa,‛ captures the comprehensiveness of African culture and customs, with particular emphasis on Rwanda. This country’s ‚recent period of genocide disrupted traditionally legitimized institutions