In a recent article for the Journal of African History, DRC specialist René Lemarchand writes that ‘there can be no doubt about Jason Stearns’ impressive command of l’histoire évènementielle, a fact amply confirmed by the excellence of the several monographs produced by the author under the auspices of the Rift Valley Institute‘. He describes RVI’s Usalama Project series as a ‘highly valuable collection of in-depth investigations of local rebel movements’.