Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands: Conflicts, Connections, and Mobility in Central Africa by Gillian Mathys Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025, pp. xviii + 378, £105.00 (Hb), ISBN: 9781009463058 doi: 10.1017/9781009463041

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Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands: Conflicts, Connections, and Mobility in Central Africa by Gillian Mathys Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025, pp. xviii + 378, £105.00 (Hb), ISBN: 9781009463058 doi: 10.1017/9781009463041 - Volume 64

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  title        = {{Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands: Conflicts, Connections, and Mobility in Central Africa by Gillian Mathys Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025, pp. xviii + 378, £105.00 (Hb), ISBN: 9781009463058 doi: 10.1017/9781009463041}},
  author       = {Giacomo Macola},
  journal      = {Journal of Modern African Studies},
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Fractured Pasts in Lake Kivu’s Borderlands: Conflicts, Connections, and Mobility in Central Africa by Gillian Mathys Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2025, pp. xviii + 378, £105.00 (Hb), ISBN: 9781009463058 doi: 10.1017/9781009463041

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