{"product_id":"fractured-pasts-in-lake-kivu-s-borderlands-conflicts-connections-and-mobility-in-central-africa-hardback-9781009463058","title":"Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands; Conflicts, Connections and Mobility in Central Africa (Hardback) 9781009463058","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConflicts, Connections and Mobility in Central Africa\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores how long-term historical processes in the Lake Kivu region have shaped present-day relations between Rwanda and the DRC.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGillian Mathys (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009463058, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 31 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e406 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.765 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In this bold, meticulously-researched book, Mathys offers new perspectives on contemporary conflicts involving Rwanda and eastern DRC. Her nuanced analysis shows how colonial policies and strategies of local people altered formerly fluid identities and mobility, and increased awareness of political\/ethnic identity. Covering a wide range of societies and impressive time depth, this essential contribution demonstrates why we need sustained historical analysis to understand identity-based conflict and violence.' Catharine Newbury, Gwendolen Carter Professor Emerita of African Studies \u0026amp; Professor Emerita of Government, Smith College\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe Lake Kivu region, which borders Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has often been defined by scholars in terms of conflict, violence, and separation. In contrast, this innovative study explores histories of continuities and connections across the borderland. Gillian Mathys utilises an integrated historical perspective to trace long-term processes in the region, starting from the second half of the nineteenth century and reaching to the present day. Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu's Borderlands powerfully reshapes historical understandings of mobility, conflict, identity formation and historical narration in and across state and ecological borders. In doing so, Mathys deconstructs reductive historical myths that have continued to underpin justifications for violence in the region. Drawing on cross-border oral history research and a wealth of archival material, Fractured Pasts embraces a new and powerful perspective of the region's history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eI. Practices of Space: 1. Frontiers: centering Lake Kivu's societies (19th Century)\u003cbr\u003e II. Making the Borderlands: 2. Demarcations: drawing colonial borders (1890s–1910)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Separations: chiefs and chieftaincies (1910–1930s)\u003cbr\u003e III. Connections: 4. Contradictions: labor questions (1920s and 1930s)\u003cbr\u003e 5. Continuities: histories of mobility (ca. 1937–1948)\u003cbr\u003e  6. Asymmetries: friendship and commercial flows (1930s–1950s)\u003cbr\u003e IV. (Dis)connected Pasts: 7. Precursors: land, power and identity (1950s)\u003cbr\u003e 8. Borders: conflicted decolonizations (1959–1965)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Entanglements: 'Greater Rwanda' and 'balkanisation' (1990s–2022).\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: African history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on African history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22African%20history%20%5BHBJH%5D%22\"\u003eHBJH\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501087715608,"sku":"9781009463058","price":85.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009463058i.jpg?v=1786209257","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/fractured-pasts-in-lake-kivu-s-borderlands-conflicts-connections-and-mobility-in-central-africa-hardback-9781009463058","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}