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In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the - Michela Wrong
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9780061863615 (0061863610)
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction, Travel, Biography, Writing, History, Cultural, Africa, Journalism, Politics
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5.0 In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
text In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
A luminous, wry account of Congo during its time as Zaire when it was effectively ruled by Mobutu Sese Seko. Wrong takes us from the Belgian inspired murder of Patrick Lumumba through the asset stripping decades when Mobutu and his "Big Vegetables" built themselves huge mansions in the jungle comple...
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4.0 In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
text In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo
Whew. A book you read, thinking, I wish this had never happened….please don’t let this be true. So jarring it leaves you despairing about Africa. Surely there must be happy stories there; not all can be tales of greed and corruption.
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In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo - Michela Wrong
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