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.Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
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by: Tim Butcher

January 03, 2008
Full of insight into the Congo, its history and relationships with its neighbours. The author's personal story makes it a good read, thanks to his detemination, sensitivity and the hardship he endures. The information he includes gives it a valuable educational quality. At the end I was filled with frustation, a sense of futility verging on anger. Colonisation has left scars and horror everywhere. It is understandable that the Congo may want to forget all that it was as a Belgian colony. But what is in its place?
Reminiscent of the potential and beauties of Africa and its people, there is a seeming disabilty for the Congo to rise above its past and take control of its future. The author clearly makes the point that in other parts of ... Read More:
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.Congo (Country Guides)
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by: Sean Rorison

March 15, 2008
This is a fabulous book. It is very detailed and helpful and explains the state of the counrty today. This is the best book on the Congo ever written and it's about time it had been.
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.Congo Journey (Penguin Celebrations)
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by: Redmond O'Hanlon

September 06, 2007
One of the most terrifying, depressing journeys into the heart of darkness. That there are human beings on earth that still behave like some of the congolese in this book is frankly ming-boggling. Very relevant in light of the current unstable situation in this part of the world. O'Hanlan is a brilliant writer and a noble man, but this book is not the one to start a stampede of mass tourism to central africa!!
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.The Congo and the Cameroons (Penguin Great Journeys)
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by: Mary Kingsley

February 01, 2007
One of the most terrifying, depressing journeys into the heart of darkness. That there are human beings on earth that still behave like some of the congolese in this book is frankly ming-boggling. Very relevant in light of the current unstable situation in this part of the world. O'Hanlan is a brilliant writer and a noble man, but this book is not the one to start a stampede of mass tourism to central africa!!
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.Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart
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by: Tim Butcher

2008-10
One of the most terrifying, depressing journeys into the heart of darkness. That there are human beings on earth that still behave like some of the congolese in this book is frankly ming-boggling. Very relevant in light of the current unstable situation in this part of the world. O'Hanlan is a brilliant writer and a noble man, but this book is not the one to start a stampede of mass tourism to central africa!!
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.All Things Must Fight to Live: Stories of War and Deliverance in Congo
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by: Bryan Mealer

July 21, 2008
One of the most terrifying, depressing journeys into the heart of darkness. That there are human beings on earth that still behave like some of the congolese in this book is frankly ming-boggling. Very relevant in light of the current unstable situation in this part of the world. O'Hanlan is a brilliant writer and a noble man, but this book is not the one to start a stampede of mass tourism to central africa!!
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.Facing the Congo
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by: Jeffrey Tayler

May 02, 2002
Plus- The journey up and down the congo river is an interesting one detailed with observation and anaedotes, it would appeal to those who like travel stories.
Minus- Lack of meaning of his travel turns into an escapism, failed to dig deep into the heart of congo people and tell us their story.

Jeffrey Tayler, an American lives in Moscow, sensing his under-achievement and loss of purpose and direction, to quote his word 'The wanderlust that had impelled me to travel happily throughout my twenties had made me a terrible misfit in my thirties' Hence laid his decision to take some action, to travel, and he come upon Congo.

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.Congo Journey
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by: Redmond O'Hanlon

June 05, 1997
One of the most terrifying, depressing journeys into the heart of darkness. That there are human beings on earth that still behave like some of the congolese in this book is frankly ming-boggling. Very relevant in light of the current unstable situation in this part of the world. O'Hanlan is a brilliant writer and a noble man, but this book is not the one to start a stampede of mass tourism to central africa!!
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.Wild Highway
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by: Bill Drummond, Mark Manning

August 01, 2005
An even better work than 'Bad Wisdom'. Drummond and Manning's contrasting writing styles compliment each other perfectly, with the former's sulky, spare, thoughtful and engaging and acting as a necessary ballast to Manning's powerful, electric and depraved fantasies.

Both are brilliant for very different reasons. As with Bad Wisdom, Manning's constant desire to shock does get a touch tedious and predictable towards the end, whilst Drummond suffers from a lack of confidence (he confesses that he thinks his account of their trip to Europe probably needed editing down - but I thought it was amongst his best stuff). But those are quibbles. This is another astonishing book.

Here's to part three...
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.The River Congo: The Discovery, Exploration and Exploitation of the World's Most Dramatic River
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by: Peter Forbath

1991-02
No one has hitherto told the full story of this mighty river. Now Mr Forbath has done for the Congo what some years ago Alan Moorehead did for the Nile - and more. His story grips the imagination from the first page to the last.
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