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Esteemed scholar david van reybrouck balances hundreds of interviews with a diverse range of. Van reybrouck, a belgian historian, spent years working on this overview of the congolese people. The epic history of a people, as translated from the dutch by the awardwinning sam garrett, is truly an epic work. He stayed until the 2006 elections, the first free and fair vote in 41 years, and. Van reybroucks carefully researched and elegantly written book takes in the. Congo by david van reybrouck, 9780007562930, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. It describes the history of the democratic republic of the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading congo. If you are looking for an honest account of what happened in congo free state under the. 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. If you are looking for an honest account of what happened in congo free state under the rule of king leopold. 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. Congo would be a free trade buffer between other colonial interests. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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