A review by shesagift
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa by Jason K. Stearns

4.0

Read for class, but took my time reading and notating it. Fascinating and very readable history of the last ~20 years of conflict in the Congo. Very enlightening. I just think the text could be improved/clarified with some more material up front such as notes on who's aligned with who, what groups make up each acronymed organization (ie Hutu or Tutsi, because it was damn hard to remember!), and maybe an abbreivated timeline. It got very hard to keep all these facts straight in my head, which is not Stearns' fault, but rather just the peril of this history. Overall, I enjoyed it, I learned a lot, and I would highly recommend this to someone interested in African history, modern humanitarianism issues/history, or just wants to be a more well-rounded global citizen.