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u/rstcp · 6 pointsr/geopolitics

I only know something about Africa, and even then it's hard to find exactly what you are looking for, but these sites might be of interest:

Congo Siasa - a blog by Jason Stearns (author of the excellent Dancing in the Glory of Monsters), mostly focusing on the Congo and the Great Lakes region.

African Arguments - not exclusively geopolitics, but a lot of in-depth analysis on political and other contemporary African developments.

The Africa section of the Daily Maverick - an interesting critical and independent South African magazine. Not as in-depth as some of the other sites here, but with pretty regular features.

John Campbell's blog on CFR: Africa in Transition - the most important political, security, and social developments occurring in sub-Saharan Africa.

LSE's Africa blog - particularly the Conflict section.

African Futures at the Social Science Research Council - The digital forum African Futures explores protest movements and resistance to authoritarian rule across the African continent, with particular attention to the oft-neglected democratic currents south of the Sahara.

Also at SSRC - Kujenga Amani - a forum for the exchange of ideas and information on peacebuilding in Africa.

This irregularly updated blog calling itself a new online journal dedicated to the exploration of fresh ideas to understanding peace and security issues in Africa.

http://allafrica.com/conflict/ is a useful African news aggregator, although you really have to scrutiny the article sources.

That should keep you occupied for a while. I'll add to it if I can think of any more.

u/ALoudMouthBaby · 5 pointsr/HistoryPorn

Ive heard it called Africa's 30 Year War more than a few times due to its frightening scale, variety of factions and massive piles of corpses generated. I honestly cant remember it getting any serious coverage in the west though, just the occasional blip on the news that made it seem like a bush war flare up.

Ive been intending to read this book about it for a while now since I do feel like I should learn more, but on the flip side Im kind of hesitant since it just seems like such a misserable and depressing topic.

u/SheikhBomba · 4 pointsr/news

>The Western method of obtaining natural resources from the colonies in Africa was a cancerous mentality, and just because the skin color changed, the method has largely remained the same

EXACTLY. Nothing has changed for the better. No poor innocent African children were "saved from whitey's oppression" they just got a new mid-level manager who claims to be a Christian but is actually a fucking cannibal who is much more ruthless than anyone since the Belgian Congo.

>It was unsustainable, and as many commodities have decreased in value over the past decade, Whites in power would be having similar troubles.

Agreed, but I still think that the manner of decolonization was a mistake, as was letting white people drift in the wind because being white is no longer cool among Western college liberals.

>You're stormfronting the hell out of your history and it's clouded your ability to look at things objectively.

Nah, no stormfagging, I'm actually really into African history and read on the subject extensively.

I highly recommend this book: Dancing in the Glory of Monsters It really helped shape my understanding of African politics and political violence.

u/SqoishMaloish · 3 pointsr/CFBOffTopic

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa is a phenomenal book about postcolonial central Africa, the Rwandan genocide, and the two Congo wars. If you've ever wondered what drives conflicts in the world this book is a great place to learn.


The next one on my tap is: Ghost Wars: the CIAs Secret History in Afghanistan from the Soviet Invasion to 9/11

u/yourlifesayshi · 3 pointsr/communism

Africa has a rich history and experience with Marxism, especially the Maoist inspired anti-colornial revolutions. It is interesting to see the neo-liberal ideological turn of many parties such as the South African Communist Party.

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa - Marxist analysis of how Europe underdeveloped and exploited Africa

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters - This book covers the Second Congo War which was the deadliest conflict since World War 2. It occurred between 1998 and 2003 and shockingly few people are even aware it happened at all. Definitely worth reading up on.

u/SupremeReader · 3 pointsr/kotakuinaction2

> It's a poisonous mentality with zero long-term planning, equivalent to Rwandan tribalism

The RPF ruthless plan to get and hold power (and then pillage the Congo) was long-term, and it worked out and still works perfectly.

https://www.amazon.com/Praise-Blood-Crimes-Rwandan-Patriotic/dp/0345812093

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Lakes-Holocaust-1996-1997-Africa/dp/1909384658

https://www.amazon.com/Africas-World-War-Continental-Catastrophe/dp/0199754209

https://www.amazon.com/Dancing-Glory-Monsters-Collapse-Africa/dp/1610391071

u/MrGoodEmployee · 1 pointr/chicago

I've heard House of Leaves is really bizarre and cool.

My current deck is Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, Between Legitimacy and Violence: A History of Colombia, 1875-2002, Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, Blood Meridian, and One Hundred Years of Solitude.

It's a really depressing list.

I read American Gods a couple years ago and hated it enough to not pick up another fiction book for like over a year.