Category Archives: Africa
Che’s African Farce, 1965
From Looking for History: Dispatches from Latin America, by Alma Guillermoprieto (Vintage, 2001), pp. 81-82: Che was unable to deal with his disapproval of the course that Fidel was taking and his simultaneous love for the man; with his disillusionment … Continue reading
Congo’s War for Mining or Peace for Mining?
From Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, by Jason Stearns (Public Affairs, 2011), Kindle Loc. 5014-5042 (pp. 288-289): The Congo is often referred to as a geological scandal. This … Continue reading
Trench Warfare in Southeastern Congo, 2000
From Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, by Jason Stearns (Public Affairs, 2011), Kindle Loc. 4739-4774 (pp. 273-274): It was just north of Pweto, in the small village of … Continue reading
Kasika, 1998: Congo’s Srebrenica the World Ignored?
From Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, by Jason Stearns (Public Affairs, 2011), Kindle Loc. 4335-4367 (pp. 250-251): So how did Congolese experience the violence? Many Congolese never did; … Continue reading
Filed under Congo, military, nationalism, publishing, Rwanda, U.N., Uganda, war
Yet Another Personality-cult Liberation Movement
From Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, by Jason Stearns (Public Affairs, 2011), Kindle Loc. 3896-3936, 4050-4054 (pp. 225-226, 233): It was in the midst of this Kigali-Kampala catfight … Continue reading
Congo War Realignments, 1998
From Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, by Jason Stearns (Public Affairs, 2011), Kindle Loc. 3298-3323: With a mutiny festering in the slums of Kinshasa, and rebels advancing rapidly … Continue reading
Mobutu’s Mercenaries, 1996
From Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, by Jason Stearns (Public Affairs, 2011), Kindle Loc. 2126-2158: There were few memorable battles for the rebels as they crossed the country. … Continue reading
The Hutu Jacobin Revolution, 1959
From The Shadow of the Sun, by Ryszard Kapuscinski, trans. by Klara Glowczewska (Vintage, 2002), Kindle Loc. 2251-2292: The Tutsis are not shepherds or nomads; they are not even breeders. They are the owners of the herds, the ruling caste, … Continue reading
Scope of the Great War of Africa, 1996–?
From Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, by Jason Stearns (Public Affairs, 2011), Kindle Loc. 130-146: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast country, the size of … Continue reading
Africa’s New Leaders vs. Mobutu, 1996
From Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, by Jason Stearns (Public Affairs, 2011), Kindle Loc. 993-1030: By mid-1996, Museveni [of Uganda] and Kagame [of Rwanda] had stitched together an … Continue reading
