The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila: A People's History
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...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781842770535 (1842770535)
Publish date: May 3rd 2002
Publisher: Zed Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
If this is the worst book that I read in 2013, it'll be a very good year.Very much a people's history, but more in the original tradition of Morton's [b:People's History of England|449190|A People's History of England|Arthur Leslie Morton|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1347992838s/449190.jpg|437840], ...
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