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palegreenshutters 's review for:
King Leopold's Ghost
by Adam Hochschild
Not light reading, but exceptionally well written. My only other resource for the region was The Poisonwood Bible, reading which was my impetus for wanting to learn about the area. My sister recommended this as kind of the standard text for the basics of early Congolese history.
Since this was mostly new information, many of the details have been forgotten, but I still know more than I did before, and am once again reminded of how little I know about anything in the world.
Highly recommend.
The next stop on my Congolese history tour will be Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, which my sister recommended for this interested in what went down with “Independence,” Lumumba and Mobutu.
That will be after a short break to read some books from other family members.
Since this was mostly new information, many of the details have been forgotten, but I still know more than I did before, and am once again reminded of how little I know about anything in the world.
Highly recommend.
The next stop on my Congolese history tour will be Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, which my sister recommended for this interested in what went down with “Independence,” Lumumba and Mobutu.
That will be after a short break to read some books from other family members.