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Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Jeanne M. Haskin
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Algora Publishing

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In the mineral-rich, dirt-poor Congo, the promise of democratic elections now offers to ignite a glorious future for the country - or a final conflagration.
The Tragic State of the Congo
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Jeanne M. Haskin
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Algora Publishing

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In the mineral-rich, dirt-poor Congo, the promise of democratic elections now offers to ignite a glorious future for the country - or a final conflagration.
In the Forest of No Joy: The Congo-Océan Railroad and the Tragedy of French Colonialism
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Authors: J. P. Daughton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-07-20 - Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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The epic story of the Congo-Océan railroad and the human costs and contradictions of modern empire. The Congo-Océan railroad stretches across the Republic of
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With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and
Death in the Congo
Language: en
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Authors: Emmanuel Gerard
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-10 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Death in the Congo is a gripping account of a murder that became one of the defining events in postcolonial African history. It is no less the story of the unti