Verweijen, J. orcid.org/0000-0002-4204-1172 and Brabant, J. (2017) Cows and guns. Cattle-related conflict and armed violence in Fizi and Itombwe, eastern DR Congo. The Journal of Modern African Studies, 55 (1). pp. 1-27. ISSN 0022-278X
Abstract
This paper analyses the role of cattle in the entwined dynamics of conflict and violence in the Fizi and Itombwe region of South Kivu province, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. On the one hand, agropastoral conflict intensifies armed mobilisation, allowing armed groups to draw upon particular conflict narratives that generate popular and elite support. It also creates incentives for armed actors to engage in cattle-looting, or the defence against it, for both symbolic and material reasons. On the other hand, the presence of armed forces and the use of violence profoundly shape agropastoral conflicts. Importantly, they change the perceived stakes of these conflicts, and hamper their resolution. By showing that the relations between cattle-related conflict and armed activity are indirect, complex and mutual, the paper refines both theories on agropastoral conflict and those highlighting the role of local conflicts in fuelling violence in the eastern Congo.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Cambridge University Press. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Modern African Studies. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2020 16:57 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jul 2020 11:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/s0022278x16000823 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156592 |