Congo

Informationen zum Autor David van Reybrouck Klappentext An epic history of one of the world's most devastated countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ranges from the slave trade and ivory boom to Belgian colonisation, Mobutu's brutal rule and the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and is still going on today. Zusammenfassung FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY âNot only deserves the description âepicâ, in its true sense, but the term âmasterpiece❠as wellâ™ Independent

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David van Reybrouck

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An epic history of one of the world's most devastated countries, the Democratic Republic of Congo. Ranges from the slave trade and ivory boom to Belgian colonisation, Mobutu's brutal rule and the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and is still going on today.

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FINALIST FOR THE CUNDILL PRIZE FOR HISTORY 'Not only deserves the description epic, in its true sense, but the term masterpiece as well' Independent