- History, Congo (democratic republic), history, Histoire
Van Reybrouck reviews some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history -- from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today.
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Earnest, grave, plot-driven and epic.
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- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- David van Reybrouck
- First published
- 2010
- Pages
- 696
- Publisher
- Actes Sud, Fourth Estate Ltd, HarperCollins Publishers Limited
- Editions
- 13
- Language
- English, French, German
- ISBN
- 9780007562916
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