David van reybrouck is a belgian author of several books, including congo. Een geschiedenis is a 639 page nonfiction book by david van reybrouck, first published in 2010. Epic in scope yet eminently readable, penetrating and deeply moving, david van reybrouck s congo. Van reybrouck, a belgian historian, spent years working on this overview of the congolese people. It describes the history of the democratic republic of the congo from the prehistory until the present, with the main focus on the period from the belgian colonisation until the books release.
He goes back to essentially prehistoric times and traces the history of the congo or today, the democratic republic of the congo, drc up until the times leading up to just a few years ago. The epic history of a people by david van reybrouck, book. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Congo from the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, mobutus brutal three decades of rule, and the civil war that has raged from 1996 to the present day, congo.
This book was widely popular in van reybrouck s native belgium when it first came out in 2010, and with good reason. Esteemed scholar david van reybrouck balances hundreds of interviews with a diverse range of. The epic history of a people reprint by van reybrouck, david isbn. The epic history of a people kindle edition by van reybrouck, david.
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It describes the history of the democratic republic of the. The epic history of a people traces the fate of one of the worlds most critical, failed nationstates, second only to wartorn somalia. For david van reybrouck the rocket represents mobutus regime. Books by david van reybrouck and anjan sundaram get close to the ground in. Congo david van reybrouck hardcover harpercollins publishers. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading congo.
The epic history of a people, as translated from the dutch by the awardwinning sam garrett, is truly an epic work. Congo by david van reybrouck book read online scribd. Congo ebook by david van reybrouck 97800622006 rakuten. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Read congo by david van reybrouck for free with a 30 day free trial. Van reybrouck wilde een geschiedenis schrijven van het vroegere.
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