The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila: A People's History

The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila: A People's History
Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

As this book shows, the People of the Congo have suffered throughout the past century from a particularly brutal experience of colonial rule, and a series of post-independence political conflicts. But as this insightful political history of the Congolese democratic movement of the 20th century decisively makes clear, its people have not taken these multiple oppressions lying down. Instead, they have struggled both to establish democratic institutions at home and to free themselves from exploitations abroad.

• Rank: #672115 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.50" h x 5.24" w x .76" l, .91 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

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Congo from Leopold to Kabila A Peoples History, ISBN-13: 9781842770535, ISBN-10: 1842770535

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As this book shows, the People of the Congo have suffered throughout the past century from a particularly brutal experience of colonial rule, and a series of post-independence political conflicts. But as this insightful political history of the Congolese democratic movement of the 20th century decisively makes clear, its people have not taken these multiple oppressions lying down. Instead, they have struggled both to establish democratic institutions at home and to free themselves from exploitations abroad. Author: Nzongola-Ntalaja, Georges ISBN-10: 1842770534

The Road To Kalamata: A Congo Mercenary's Personal Memoir

The Road To Kalamata: A Congo Mercenary's Personal Memoir
Mike Hoare (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

The Road to Kalamata is the real-life adventure story of the 4 Commando team of mercenary soldiers, as told by their leader, Col. Mike Hoare. At the close of 1960, the newly formed independent state of Katanga in central Africa recruited Hoare and his team to suppress a rebellion by the Baluba, a fierce tribe of warriors rumored to be cannibals and known to torture and dismember any enemy soldiers unlucky enough to be captured. The events recounted in this book occurred in the Congo during the Katanga campaign of 1961.

With insight that only an officer with extensive battlefield experience can bring to this subject, Colonel Hoare chronicles the metamorphosis of 4 Commando from a loose assembly of individuals into a highly organized fighting unit, while also taking the reader inside the minds and hearts of men who sell their military skills for money. What emerges is a compelling and complex portrait of genuine adventurers, "a breed of men which," writes Hoare, "has almost vanished from the face of the earth."

Paladin Press is pleased to make available once again this engaging, colorful and thoughtful account, originally published in 1989, complete with a new foreword by the 20th century's most famous mercenary and one of its most eloquent storytellers.

• Rank: #88352 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.50" h x .39" w x 5.43" l, .50 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

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Congo Diary: The Story of Che Guevara's "Lost" Year in Africa

Congo Diary: The Story of Che Guevara's "Lost" Year in Africa
Ernesto Che Guevara (Author), Aleida Guevara (Foreword)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Featuring a foreword by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ("Che Guevara in Africa"), this book fills in the missing chapter in Che Guevara's life as head of the secret Cuban force that went to aid the liberation movement in the Congo against the Belgian colonialists in 1965. The idea was to prepare a group of Cubans for the mission to Bolivia, as well as to assist African national liberation movements.

This diary remained unpublished for decades because of its controversial content, but, like his other diaries, reveals Che's great literary gift, his razor-sharp intellect, his dry wit, and his brutal honesty. Because this diary deals with what Che admits was a "failure," he examines every painful detail about what went wrong in order to draw constructive lessons for future expeditions.

This publication of the complete Congo Diary has been thoroughly revised by Che's widow, Aleida March, and published in association with the Che Guevara Studies Center in Havana.

Features:

• Forewords by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ("Che Guevara in Africa") and Che's daughter, Aleida Guevara
• Twenty-eight pages of unpublished photos
• Extensive notes and glossary explaining Swahili terms
• Backcover blurbs by Nelson Mandela and Gabriel Garcia Marquez

• Rank: #575219 in Books
• Published on: 2011-12-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.06" h x .91" w x 6.02" l, .85 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 280 pages

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The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684-1706

The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684-1706
John Thornton (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita was a young Kongolese woman who in 1704 claimed to be possessed by St. Anthony, argued that Jesus was a Kongolese, criticized Italian Capuchin missionaries for not supporting black saints, and attempted to stop the devastating cycle of civil wars between contenders for the Kongolese throne. She was burned at the stake in 1706. Background information is supplied on Kongo, the development of Catholicism there, and the role of local warfare in the Atlantic slave trade.

• Rank: #78926 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05-13
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.98" h x .51" w x 5.98" l, .73 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 238 pages

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The Kongolese Saint Anthony: Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita and the Antonian Movement, 1684-1706

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author john thornton format hardback language english publication year 13 05 1998 subject biographies autobiographies subject 2 biography historical political military title the kongolese saint anthony dona beatriz kimpa vita and the antonian movement 1684 1706 author john thornton publisher cambridge univ pr publication date aug 06 1998 pages 228 binding hardcover edition subsequent dimensions 6 25 wx 9 50 hx 0 75 d isbn 0521593700 subject history africa general description dona beatriz kimpa

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Categories: Health Care Costs, Christian biography->Africa, Christianity and politics->Kongo Kingdom->History->18th century. Contributors: John Thornton - Author. Format: Paperback

Mountain Gorillas: Biology, Conservation, and Coexistence

Mountain Gorillas: Biology, Conservation, and Coexistence
Gene Eckhart (Author), Annette Lanjouw (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Tucked into one of the most beautiful and conflicted regions of the world are the last of the mountain gorillas. These apes have survived centuries of human encroachment into their habitat and range and decades of intense conflict and violence. The remaining 720 mountain gorillas exist in a fragile habitat, nestled in an area torn by human interests and needs for land, water, and minerals.

With captivating photography and the most recent scientific research, Mountain Gorillas takes you deep into the montane rain forests of Uganda, Rwanda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo to reveal the complex story of the mountain gorillas of the Virunga Volcanos and Bwindi. Gene Eckhart and Annette Lanjouw reveal how humankind affects the gorillas and their habitat, detail the innovative conservation and education efforts undertaken by governments and nongovernmental organizations, and explain how ecotourism and other conservation-focused enterprises support efforts to protect the two mountain gorilla populations.

This perfect blend of intimate photography, thought-provoking scholarship, and engaging stories demonstrates the inexorable ties among the animals, environment, and peoples of the region, and makes clear why the continued existence of the Virunga and Bwindi gorillas is so important. Mountain Gorillas features stunning photos and four appendices documenting key biological and ecological information, habitat vegetation, milestones in mountain gorilla conservation, and travel information.

• Rank: #208717 in Books
• Published on: 2008-12-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 11.02" h x 1.18" w x 9.02" l, 3.85 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

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Mountain Gorillas: Biology, Conservation, and Coexistence, ISBN-13: 9780801890116, ISBN-10: 080189011X

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The African Dream: The Diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo

The African Dream: The Diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo
Ernesto "Che" Guevara (Author), Patrick Camiller (Translator), Richard Gott (Introduction), Aleida Guevara March (Foreword)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Ernesto "Che" Guevara was one of the greatest exemplars of the revolutionary 1960s, a man whose heroic adventures were essential to the success of the Cuban Revolution and whose legend fired the imaginations of a whole generation. In 1965, amid worldwide conjecture, Guevara left Cuba, where he was a minister in Fidel Castro's postrevolutionary government, and traveled incognito to the heart of Africa. People's hero Patrice Lumumba had recently been assassinated, and Guevara was to put his theories of guerrilla warfare to use helping the oppressed people of the Congo throw off the yoke of colonial imperialism. The first task was to assist the young Laurent Kabila in his struggle against Mobutu and Tshombe, the two key figures in the newly independent nation. For the first time, The African Dream collects Guevara's unabridged journals of the expedition. They are the record of the bitter failure of a political and ideological dream, and a telling complement to the subsequent rise of Kabila and his recent demise. Most of all, the diaries afford the reader a very personal insight into the thoughts and emotions of Che Guevara, the twentieth century's great revolutionary martyr.

• Rank: #749175 in Books
• Color: Multicolor
• Published on: 2001-10-07
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.31" h x .83" w x 5.79" l, .80 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

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In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
Michela Wrong (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Known as "the Leopard," the president of Zaire for thirty-two years, Mobutu Sese Seko, showed all the cunning of his namesake -- seducing Western powers, buying up the opposition, and dominating his people with a devastating combination of brutality and charm. While the population was pauperized, he plundered the country's copper and diamond resources, downing pink champagne in his jungle palace like some modern-day reincarnation of Joseph Conrad's crazed station manager.

Michela Wrong, a correspondent who witnessed Mobutu's last days, traces the rise and fall of the idealistic young journalist who became the stereotype of an African despot. Engrossing, highly readable, and as funny as it is tragic, In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz assesses the acts of the villains and the heroes in this fascinating story of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

• Rank: #112776 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-28
• Released on: 2002-05-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .88" h x 5.30" w x 8.16" l, .69 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

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New York: Harpercollins. 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0060188804 . Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Stated First US Edition. ; 1.4 x 9.5 x 6.5 Inches; 352 pages .

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HarperCollins 2001 Like-new book. Appears unread. Stated First US Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. 338 pages. Illustrated. NO writing marks or tears inside book. He was known as "the Leopard" and for the thirty-two years of his reign Mobutu Sese Seko president of Zaire showed all the cunning of his namesake seducing Western powers buying up the opposition and dominating his people with a devastating combination of brutality and charm. While the population was pauperized he plundered the country's copper and diamond resources downing pink champagne in his jungle palace like some modern-day reincarnation of Joseph Conrad's crazed station manager. Michela Wrong a correspondent who witnessed firsthand Mobutu's last days traces the rise and fall of the idealistic young journalist who became the stereotype of an African despot. Engrossing highly readable and as funny as it is tragic her book assesses how Belgium's King Leopold the CIA and the World Bank all helped to bring about the disaster that is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. If in this poignant account the villains are the "Big Vegetables" les Grosses legumes -- the fat cats who benefited from Mobutu's largesse -- the heroes are the ordinary citizens trapped in a parody of a state. Living in the shadow of a disintegrating nuclear reactor where banknotes are not worth the paper they are printed on they have turned survival into an art form. For all its valuable insights into Africa's colonial heritage and the damage done by Western intervention In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz is ultimately a celebration of the irrepressible human spirit. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7{3/4}" - 9{3/4}" tall.

The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996-2006

The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996-us.html06
Filip Reyntjens (Author)

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Democratic Republic of Congo

This book examines a decade-long period of instability, violence and state decay in Central Africa from 1996, when the war started, to 2006, when elections formally ended the political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A unique combination of circumstances explain the unravelling of the conflicts: the collapsed Zairian/Congolese state; the continuation of the Rwandan civil war across borders; the shifting alliances in the region; the politics of identity in Rwanda, Burundi and eastern DRC; the ineptitude of the international community; and the emergence of privatized and criminalized public spaces and economies, linked to the global economy, but largely disconnected from the state - on whose territory the "entrepreneurs of insecurity" function. As a complement to the existing literature, this book seeks to provide an in-depth analysis of concurrent developments in Zaire/DRC, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda in African and international contexts. By adopting a non-chronological approach, it attempts to show the dynamics of the inter-relationships between these realms and offers a toolkit for understanding the past and future of Central Africa.

• Rank: #69611 in eBooks
• Published on: 2009-08-24
• Released on: 2009-08-24
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

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The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996-2006, ISBN-13: 9780521111287, ISBN-10: 0521111285

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Categories: Congo (Democratic Republic)->Politics and Government->1997-. Contributors: Filip Reyntjens - Author. Format: Hardcover

Pasajes de la guerra revolucionaria: Congo: Authorized edition (Proyecto Editorial Che Guevara) (Spanish Edition)

Pasajes de la guerra revolucionaria: Congo: Authorized edition (Proyecto Editorial Che Guevara) (Spanish Edition)
Ernesto Che Guevara (Author), Aleida Guevara (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

“Guevara launches into a brutally honest account of Cuba’s disastrous 1965 intervention in Congo. . . . Most of all, the diaries afford the reader a very personal insight into the thoughts and emotions of Che Guevara, the twentieth century’s great revolutionary martyr.”—Publishers Weekly
 
In 1965, Che Guevara left Cuba to lead a secret Cuban mission to aid the African liberation movements. Unpublished for decades, this diary reflects Che’s characteristic insight, humor, and candor.

«Dejaba atrás casi once años de trabajo para la Revolución cubana al lado de Fidel, un hogar feliz, hasta donde puede llamarse hogar la vivienda de un revolucionario consagrado a su tarea, y un montón de hijos que apenas sabían de mi cariño. Se reiniciaba el ciclo.»—Ernesto Che Guevara

La participación de Che en la guerrilla congolesa, resulta expression de una práctica internacionalista consecuente con sus tesis liberadoras tercermundistas; en sus propias palabras, era «parte de una idea de lucha que estaba totalmente organizada en mi cerebro». Es, pues, nueva afirmación—ya en madurez—de esa confluencia entr pensamiento y acción, que se articulan de manera crecient a lo largo de su vida, hasta la gesta boliviana, conformando y dándole esa particular fuerza y sentido a su ejemplo. Se entrelazan, en estas páginas, la descripción de los hechos vinculados a esta experiencia local, con los análisis desde una perspective mundial. Reflexiones sobre la dominación imperialista y la liberación de los pueblos, las cuales resultan continuidad de un pensamiento que coprende desde sus discursos en Ginebra, Naciones Unidas y Argelia, hasta su «Mensaje a la Tricontinental»; un ideario actuante que tiene como bandera «las causa sagrada de la redención de la humanidad».

 

• Rank: #1170415 in Books
• Published on: 2009-08-01
• Original language: Spanish
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.86" h x 5.91" w x .91" l, .90 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Congo Mercenary

Congo Mercenary
Mike Hoare (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

In July 1964, after four years of uneasy independence, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was engulfed by an armed rebellion that spread throughout the country like a bush fire. The rebel soldiers struck terror into the hearts of civilians and National Army soldiers alike. Faced with this situation, the Congolese government hired legendary mercenary leader Mike Hoare to quell the uprising and bring order to the country.

In Congo Mercenary, Mike Hoare tells the true story of his resolute band of mercenaries during the Congo war. In fascinating detail, Hoare describes how the mercenaries were recruited and trained, and then recounts their adventures through four combat campaigns over an 18-month period during which they liberated Stanleyville, fought rebels in the hinterland, freed hundreds of European hostages and restored law and order to the Congo.

Originally published in 1967, and now including a new foreword by Mike Hoare, Congo Mercenary is a well-written and historically important account of one of the most brutal rebellions in Africa, as well as an accurate and gritty depiction of the mercenary life.

• Rank: #404730 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.50" h x .79" w x 5.43" l, 1.01 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 342 pages

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MAD DOG KILLERS DESCRIPTION: You are bidding on a book titled "Mad Dog Killers: The Story of a Congo Mercenary" by Ivan Smith.Soft cover,medium format. This book contains 160 pages with 41 photos and maps. During that long, hot summer of 1964, Ivan Smith, a mercenary volunteer in the Armee Nationale Congolais, came to witness and understand fear, the law of the jungle and the lust for killing that permeates Africa. A member of 'Mad Mike' Hoare's 5 Commando Group he and his companions were nomi

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry (Cambridge Studies on the American South)

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry (Cambridge Studies on the American South)
Professor Ras Michael Brown (Author)

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Democratic Republic of Congo

African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period into the twentieth century. Focusing on Kongo nature spirits known as the simbi, Ras Michael Brown describes the essential role religion played in key historical processes, such as establishing new communities and incorporating American forms of Christianity into an African-based spirituality. This book illuminates how people of African descent engaged the spiritual landscape of the Lowcountry through their subsistence practices, religious experiences, and political discourse.

• Rank: #464720 in Books
• Published on: 2012-08-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.86" h x 6.22" w x 1.10" l, 1.30 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

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"African-Atlantic Cultures and the South Carolina Lowcountry examines perceptions of the natural world revealed by the religious ideas and practices of African-descended communities in South Carolina from the colonial period into the twentieth century. Focusing on Kongo nature spirits known as the simbi, Ras Michael Brown describes the essential role religion played in key historical processes, such as establishing new communities and incorporating American forms of Christianity into an African-based spirituality. This book illuminates how people of African descent engaged the spiritual landscape of the Lowcountry through their subsistence practices, religious experiences, and political discourse"--

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author ras michael brown format hardback language english publication year 27 08 2012 series cambridge studies on the american south subject history military subject 2 history textbooks study guides author biography ras michael brown is assistant professor of history and africana studies at southern illinois university carbondale author s ras michael brown content note 8 bw illus 3 maps 11 tables country of publication united kingdom date of publication 27 08 2012 format hardback genre level 1

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author ras michael brown format hardback language english publication year 27 08 2012 series cambridge studies on the american south subject history military subject 2 history textbooks study guides title african atlantic cultures and the south carolina lowcountry author brown ras michael publisher cambridge univ pr publication date oct 25 2012 pages 246 binding hardcover edition 1 st dimensions 1 18 wx 8 98 hx 6 06 d isbn 1107024099 subject history world description african atlantic cultures

Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War: Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond (Africa Now)

Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War?: Perceptions, Prescriptions, Problems in the Congo and Beyond (Africa Now)
Maria Eriksson Baaz (Author), Maria Stern (Author)

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Democratic Republic of Congo

Too often in conflict situations rape is referred to as a "weapon of war" - a term presented as self-explanatory. In this provocative book, Baaz and Stern challenge the dominant understandings of sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict settings. Drawing upon original fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as research material from other conflict zones, the authors emphasize the importance of context and the multiplicity of factors involved in gender-based violence, such as the nature of civilian-military relations, and ultimately argue that it is misleading to isolate sexual violence from other aspects of conflict.A much-anticipated book by two acknowledged experts in the field dealing with an issue that has become an increasingly important security and legal topic.

• Rank: #2462092 in Books
• Published on: 2013-06-11
• Released on: 2013-06-11
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

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Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World's Deadliest Place

Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World's Deadliest Place
Peter Eichstaedt (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Going behind the headlines and deep into the brutal world of the Congo, thisexposé examines why eastern Congo is the most dangerous place on the planet. While the Western world takes for granted its creature comforts such as cell phones or computers, five million Congolese needlessly die in the quest for the valuable minerals that make those technologies work. Much of the war-torn country has largely become lawless, overrun by warlords who exploit and murder the population for their own gain. Delving into the history of the former Belgian colony, this book exposes the horror of day-to-day life in the Congo, largely precipitated by colonial exploitation and internal strife after gaining independence. It offers not only a view into the dire situation but also examines how the Western world, a part of the problem, can become a part of the solution.

• Rank: #93627 in eBooks
• Published on: 2011-07-01
• Released on: 2011-07-01
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• Number of items: 1

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"Going behind the headlines and deep into the brutal world of the Congo, thisexpose examines why eastern Congo is the most dangerous place on the planet. While the Western world takes for granted its creature comforts such as cell phones or computers, five million Congolese needlessly die in the quest for the valuable minerals that make those technologies work. Much of the war-torn country has largely become lawless, overrun by warlords who exploit and murder the population for their own gain. Delving into the history of the former Belgian colony, this book exposes the horror of day-to-day life in the Congo, largely precipitated by colonial exploitation and internal strife after gaining independence. It offers not only a view into the dire situation but also examines how the Western world, a part of the problem, can become a part of the solution.File Size: 1726 KBPrint Length: 272 pages Publisher: Chicago Review Press (July 1, 2011) Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.Language: EnglishASIN: B005AK6LMQ"

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Categories: Congo (Democratic Republic)->Economic conditions, Precious metal industries, Atrocities. Contributors: Peter Eichstaedt - Author. Format: Hardcover

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Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World's Deadliest Place Peter Eichstaedt Product code : 9781569763100 Format :Hardback 232 pages Category :History Published :01 July 2011 Condition :Brand new, unused SYNOPSIS Every time you use a cell phone or log on to a computer, you could be contributing to the death toll in the bloodiest, most violent region in the world: the eastern Congo. Rich in "conflict minerals"--valuable resources mined in the midst of armed conflict and egregio

Mad Dog Killers: The Story of a Congo Mercenary

Mad Dog Killers: The Story of a Congo Mercenary
Ivan Smith (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

During that long, hot summer of 1964, Ivan Smith, a mercenary volunteer in the Armée Nationale Congolais, came to witness and understand fear, the law of the jungle and the lust for killing that permeates Africa. A member of 'Mad Mike' Hoare's 5 Commando Group he and his companions were nominally soldiers but there was little in the way of campaigns, tactics and discipline. Of conventional warfare there was none. Loyalty to country or unit did not exist and the fear of death was the only commander. Many more mercenaries died from an accidental discharge, in a drunken shoot-out or from a bullet in the back than were ever killed in action by Simba rebels. Nearly half a century later, Ivan Smith re-lives the nightmare that was the Congo.

• Rank: #83858 in eBooks
• Published on: 2012-05-19
• Released on: 2012-12-01
• Format: Kindle eBook
• Number of items: 1

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Dying to Live: A Rwandan Family's Five-Year Flight Across the Congo

Dying to Live: A Rwandan Family's Five-Year Flight Across the Congo
Pierre-Claver Ndacyayisenga (Author), Casey Roberts (Translator), Cynthia McKinney MA (Preface)

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Democratic Republic of Congo

Pierre-Claver Ndacyayisenga was teaching history in Kigali, Rwanda, when he was forced to flee to the neighboring Congo with his wife and three children. Thus began a harrowing five-year voyage of survival during which they travelled thousands of miles on foot from one refugee camp to another. Lacking food and water, they were often robbed, sometimes raped, and constantly pursued and bombed by shadowy armed soldiers with sophisticated weapons and aerial surveillance information. This brilliant and touching book is the story of one family among the more than 300,000 refugees—many of whom did not survive. For those wishing to understand the war in the Congo, this must-read will restore the humanity and the right to mourn for hundreds of thousands of Rwandans dispersed throughout the world.

• Rank: #2064417 in Books
• Published on: 2013-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 190 pages

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Contributors: Pierre-Claver Ndacyayisenga - Author. Format: Paperback

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Adam Hochschild (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber, brutalized its people, and ultimately slashed its population by ten million--all the while shrewdly cultivating his reputation as a great humanitarian. Heroic efforts to expose these crimes eventually led to the first great human rights movement of the twentieth century, in which everyone from Mark Twain to the Archbishop of Canterbury participated. King Leopold's Ghost is the haunting account of a megalomaniac of monstrous proportions, a man as cunning, charming, and cruel as any of the great Shakespearean villains. It is also the deeply moving portrait of those who fought Leopold: a brave handful of missionaries, travelers, and young idealists who went to Africa for work or adventure and unexpectedly found themselves witnesses to a holocaust. Adam Hochschild brings this largely untold story alive with the wit and skill of a Barbara Tuchman. Like her, he knows that history often provides a far richer cast of characters than any novelist could invent. Chief among them is Edmund Morel, a young British shipping agent who went on to lead the international crusade against Leopold. Another hero of this tale, the Irish patriot Roger Casement, ended his life on a London gallows. Two courageous black Americans, George Washington Williams and William Sheppard, risked much to bring evidence of the Congo atrocities to the outside world. Sailing into the middle of the story was a young Congo River steamboat officer named Joseph Conrad. And looming above them all, the duplicitous billionaire King Leopold II. With great power and compassion, King Leopold's Ghost will brand the tragedy of the Congo--too long forgotten--onto the conscience of the West.

• Rank: #3522 in Books
• Published on: 1999-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 9.09" h x .98" w x 6.14" l, 1.08 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 366 pages

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Categories: 1990-2000->Gelber Prize, Congo (Democratic Republic)->History->Early period to 1908, Congo (Democratic Republic)->Politics and government. Contributors: Adam Hochschild - Author. Format: Paperback

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King Leopold of Belgium, writes historian Adam Hochschild in this grim history, did not much care for his native land or his subjects, all of which he dismissed as "small country, small people." Even so, he searched the globe to find a colony for Belgium, frantic that the scramble of other European powers for overseas dominions in Africa and Asia would leave nothing for himself or his people. When he eventually found a suitable location in what would become the Belgian Congo, later known as Zaire and now simply as Congo, Leopold set about establishing a rule of terror that would culminate in the deaths of 4 to 8 million indigenous people, "a death toll," Hochschild writes, "of Holocaust dimensions." Those who survived went to work mining ore or harvesting rubber, yielding a fortune for the Belgian king, who salted away billions of dollars in hidden bank accounts throughout the world. Hochschild's fine book of historical inquiry, which draws heavily on eyewitness accounts of the colo...

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MAD DOG KILLERS: The Story of a Congo Mercenary

MAD DOG KILLERS: The Story of a Congo Mercenary
Ivan Smith (Author)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

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Categories: Modern History * General. Contributors: Ivan Smith - Author. Format: NOOK Book

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A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman

A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman
Lisa Shannon (Author), Zainab Salbi (Foreword)
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Democratic Republic of Congo

Lisa Shannon had what some would call a good lifeAher own business, a successful fiancé, a secure home. Then one day in 2005, shortly after her father’s death, an episode of Oprah changed everything. The show about women in the Congo depicted atrocities too horrible to comprehend: millions dead, women gang-raped and tortured, children starving and dying in shocking numbers. That day Lisa woke up to her dissatisfaction with the Agood” life and to her role as an activist and a sister.

She created a foundation called Run for Congo Women, with the goal to raise money to sponsor 30 Congolese women. What started as a solo 30-mile run has now grown into a national organization in connection with Women for Women International. Run for Congo Women holds fundraising runs in four countries and ten states, and continues to raise money and awareness. In A Thousand Sisters, Lisa shares firsthand accounts of her experiences visiting the Congo, the women she’s helped, and the relationships she’s formed. With compelling stories of why she remains committed to this cause, Lisa inspires her audience to reach out and help as well, forming a sisterhood that transcends geographic boundaries.

• Rank: #166993 in Books
• Published on: 2011-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 8.27" h x .98" w x 5.51" l, .75 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 344 pages

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A Thousand Sisters; My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman, ISBN-13: 9781580053594, ISBN-10: 1580053599

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Categories: Women->Africa, Sub-Saharan->Social conditions, Women->United States->Biography, Women->Africa, Sub-Saharan->Social conditions. Contributors: Lisa Shannon - Author. Format: Hardcover