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A review by chalicotherex
Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo by Anjan Sundaram
5.0
Picked this up after hearing an interview with the author on CBC's The Current. Want to read his book on Rwanda now.
Brilliant. Does a great job of capturing life in the Congo. He finds the exciting side, as opposed to the dreary norm you get from so much reporting out of Africa.
Favourite bits:
– The pygmies who sold their forest for soap. They used to be able to make it themselves, but they've forgotten how. And their chief doesn't think the mining companies could possibly destroy their whole forest. Sad.
– Realization that ad buys skyrocket when fighting breaks out in Kinshasa.
– When the author spends a night hanging out with street children.
– The trip into the country by going up the river, if only because it avoided all those Heart of Darkness clichés.
Brilliant. Does a great job of capturing life in the Congo. He finds the exciting side, as opposed to the dreary norm you get from so much reporting out of Africa.
Favourite bits:
– The pygmies who sold their forest for soap. They used to be able to make it themselves, but they've forgotten how. And their chief doesn't think the mining companies could possibly destroy their whole forest. Sad.
– Realization that ad buys skyrocket when fighting breaks out in Kinshasa.
– When the author spends a night hanging out with street children.
– The trip into the country by going up the river, if only because it avoided all those Heart of Darkness clichés.