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11/17/2009
The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics
by:Filip Reyntjens

Tues Nov 17th, 2009
7:30pm Stoddard Auditorium

Filip Reyntjens, from Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, will discuss his recently published book which examines a decade-long period of instability, violence, and state decay in Central Africa from 1996, when the war started, to 2006, when elections formally ended the political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sponsored by the Department of Government and the Smith Lecture Committee