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Congo stories : battling five centuries of exploitation and greed / John Prendergast and Fidel Bafilemba ; foreword by Soriya Aziz Souleymane ; postscript by Dave Eggers ; afterword by Chouchou Namegabe ; illustrations by Sam Ilus ; photographs by Ryan Gosling.

Prendergast, John, 1963- (author.). Bafilemba, Fidel, (author.). Ilus, Sam, 1979- (illustrator.). Gosling, Ryan, 1980- (photographer.).

Record details

ISBN: 9781455584642
ISBN: 1455584649
Physical Description: xiv, 334 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Grand Central Publishing, a division of Hachette Book Group, 2018.
Copyright: ©2018.

Content descriptions

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Foreword / by Soraya Aziz Souleymane -- Why Congo? -- The story of the Kongo Kingdom : before and after the Europeans landed -- How Congo helped build America and Europe : following the money and greed for five centuries -- A den of highly armed thieves -- Africa's first World War : reverberations from Rwanda's genocide -- Road to Congo by Ryan Gosling -- Crimes against humanity : ground zero -- Life today in one part of Congo -- Congo responds to the onslaught : the whistle for change -- Davids and Goliaths : global rights activists vs. the war profitters -- Steve Jobs and conflict minerals : Apple and corporate-driven change -- War crimes shouldn't pay : lessons from Al Capone to al-Qaeda -- Vanquishing the vampires : what you can do -- Counting myths and stereotypes.