Cover -- Hutu Rebels -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction. Conflict and Violence in the Congo -- Chapter 1. Rwandan Rebels in the Congo War: Power, Politics, and Exile -- Chapter 2. Rainbow Brigade: Life in a Rebel Camp -- Chapter 3. Politics in the Forest: Retelling History in Exile -- Chapter 4. Captivity and Commitment -- Chapter 5. The Forest of Volcanoes: Rebel-Civilian Interactions -- Chapter 6. From Bare Life to Bare Violence -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Acknowledgments
Summary
Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in a rebel camp located deep in the Congo forest, Anna Hedlund explores the micropolitics and practices of everyday life in a community of Hutu rebel fighters and their families and attempts to understand why they continue to fight in what appears to be an endless conflict
