Congo

Author : David Van Reybrouck

Paperback

Published : Tuesday 17 February 2015

ISBN : 9780062200129

Price : €23.39

Description

From the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutus brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, Congo: The Epic History of a People traces the history of one of the most devastated nations in the world. Esteemed scholar David Van Reybrouck balances hundreds of interviews with a diverse range of Congolese with meticulous historical research to construct a multidimensional portrait of a nation and its people.

Epic in scope yet eminently readable, both penetrating and deeply moving, Congoa finalist for the Cundill Prizetakes a deeply humane approach to political history, focusing squarely on the Congolese perspective, and returns a nations history to its people.

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