Gillian Mathys (Belgium Universiteit Gent)

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Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu's Borderlands

Beschreibung

This innovative study explores how long-term historical processes in the Lake Kivu region have shaped present-day relations between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Gillian Mathys reexamines historical understandings of mobility, conflict, identity formation and historical narration across state and ecological borders.

Autor

Gillian Mathys is an Associate Professor in African History at Ghent University, with particular research interests in the Great Lakes Region. She has previously been appointed as an expert to the parliamentary commission on Belgium's colonial past. Mathys has contributed articles to journals including The Journal of African History, Africa, and The Journal of Peasant Studies.

Produktdetails

• African Studies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 406
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 722g
• ISBN-13: 9781009463058
• ISBN-10: 1009463055
• Artikelnr.: 71956041