The Myth of International Protection: War and Survival in Congo

In this viscerally intense, ethnographically based work, Claudia Seymour relates the heart—wrenching stories of young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo—young people who live on the front lines of conflict, in neighborhoods and villages destroyed by war, and on the streets in conditions of poverty and destitution. Seymour, a former child protection adviser and human rights investigator for the United Nations, chronicles her personal journey, which begins with the will to do good yet...