Congo: Een Geschiedenis Info

The "Great War of Africa" and the difficult transition toward a newborn democracy. Critical Reception

The author interweaves his own family's history—his father worked as a railway engineer in the Congo shortly after independence—with the broader national narrative. Chapter Structure Congo: een geschiedenis

You can find the paperback or hardcover edition at Barnes & Noble or Bookshop.org . The "Great War of Africa" and the difficult

The "Congo Crisis" following independence, including the death of Patrice Lumumba. Congo: een geschiedenis

The long, kleptocratic reign of Mobutu Sese Seko.

Van Reybrouck conducted hundreds of interviews with Congolese people, ranging from child soldiers and female smugglers to centenarians who lived through the transition from colonial rule to independence.