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The History of Congo: | 
 enlarge | Author: Ch. Didier Gondola
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 564967
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 5.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0313316961
Dewey Decimal Number: 967.51
EAN: 9780313316968
ASIN: 0313316961
Publication Date: December 30, 2002
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Product Description
This book begins with a survey of Congo's early history, when diverse peoples such as the Luba, the Kuba, and the Nilotic inhabited the area, and continues by tracing the country's history through the Belgian period of colonization and the dictatorships of Mobutu and Kabila. Biographical portraits present important figures in Congo's storied history. An annotated bibliography and chronology help make this the most current and accessible introduction to this fascinating, complex, and long-suffering nation. The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire, is located at the center of Africa. The country encompasses the entire Congo River Basin, the potential source of 13% of the world's hydroelectric power. The Congo River Basin also contains one-third of Africa's rainforests, countless species of trees, and more then 10,000 species of flowering plants. Congo contains extremely valuable deposits of diamonds and coltan, a metal used in high-tech machinery. Because of this abundance of natural resources, Congo has unfortunately been the site of colonial domination, repressive dictatorships, and internecine violence between rebel groups and neighboring countries.
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This book saved my College Experiences April 30, 2008
Benjamin Ray (PHX, AZ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Through out college you write lots of papers. I had always been a big reader but not a writer. When it came time to do research for papers it was difficult for me to find a correlation between enjoyable reading and research. I had to do a paper for a US foreign relations class and decided to do it on the 1960's Congo Crisis. I picked this book up first thankfully to read for a historical concept of what the Congo was like. I had originally just picked it up to read the first couple of chapters but ended up reading the whole thing cover to cover. Not only did it have tons of useful information (I foot noted the book 12 times in a 28 page paper) but was very enjoyable to read. It presented lots of facts and was very clear when it was giving you opinion or unverifiable information. This is a difficult thing when dealing with the history of this country. The book remained neutral and fair when discussing political issues and presented both sides. This book opened up my eyes to the possibilities of researching when you find the right topic and good information for creditable sources. After writing the paper I officially decided that I wanted to continue my education in graduate school and I credit this book.
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