Congo, Paperback

Joseph Conrad's enduring portrait of the ugliness of colonialism Heart of Darkness is the thrilling tale of Marlow, a seaman and wanderer recountin...

Reducere. Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Introduction by Caryl PhillipsCommentary by H. L. Mencken, E. M. Forster, ...

The search for diamonds, a crucial scientific breakthrough and a mythical ruined city set off this adventure into the heart of the Congolese jungle...

Reducere. In the heart of the Congo is rumored to live a dinosaur called Mokele-Mbembe, or the god-beast. A handful of scientific expeditions have searched f...

Discover the story of a man who had nothing but faith, endured hell, escaped, and, after living the American dream, decided to go back to the sourc...

Will Wilding recounts the story of his parents and their three young children living in the Belgian Congo between 1914 and 1935. His father, Robert...

Reducere. LETTERS FROM CONGO, a powerful collection by Haitian-American poet Danielle Legros Georges, invites readers to journey every air mile traveled by a...

Reducere. This memoir is gentle, insightful, and spirited by turns. It offers glimpses of a lost fragment of Africa that has since been overcome by circumsta...

Reducere. In the 1950s, anthropologist Colin Turnbull lived among the pygmies of the Congo river for three years - this is his account of life among the trib...

Reducere. The terrifying reign of Leopold II, King of Belgium, was marked by atrocities in the Congo - murder, enslavement and violence was used in pursuit o...

Reducere. Aspectos diferenciales de la adivinaci n.Para los mayomberos, el universo o "Nfinda" es objeto de gran inter s, tal como he afirmado en otras publi...

With an expanded section on the central Democratic Republic of Congo and increased coverage of local languages Lingala, Swahili, Kituba and Tshiluba.

Presents a contemporary natural history of okapi, a relative of the giraffe. This book recounts its discovery by European explorers, and describes ...

The definitive account of exploitation in the Congo, introduced by Adam HochschildPublisher: Verso BooksAuthor(s): Jules MarchalTranslator: Martin ...

Reducere. From the beginnings of the slave trade through colonization, the struggle for independence, Mobutu's brutal three decades of rule, and the civil wa...

Reducere. Named one of the Top 10 Books of 2008 by The Times-Picayune. Winner of the 2009 Humanities Book of the Year award from the Louisiana Endowment for ...

Publisher: Helion & CompanyAuthor(s): Stephen RookesIllustration(s): 136 b/w photos, 2 colour photos, 20 colour profiles, 9 maps, 35 tablesNumber o...

Reducere. The Rwandan genocide sparked a horrific bloodbath that swept across sub-Saharan Africa, ultimately leading to the deaths of some four million peopl...

Reducere. Este libro explica c-mo hacer la ceremonia de iniciaci-n del Rayado (Rayamiento), paso a paso, (Regla de Congo)

Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Christoph N. VogelNumber of pages: 224Collection: African ArgumentsPublication date: 2022Dimension...

Reducere. La presente obra es el resultado de varios a os inmersos en el estudio de la simbolog a y la graf a, por veces cr ptica y esot rica, empleadas en l...

Reducere. This book examines a decade-long period of instability, violence and state decay in Central Africa from 1996, when the war started, to 2006, when e...

Nancy Rose Hunt tells the affective history of the convergence of biopolitics and colonial violence in the Belgian Congo. By showing how the shifts...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: University of Nebraska PressAuthor(s): Matthew G. StanardIllustration(s): 10 photographs, 1 chartNumber of pages: 406Publication date: 2...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): James H. SmithIllustration(s): 12 halftonesNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2021Dimension...

Based on original fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as well as research material from other conflict zones, Sexual Violence as a Weapo...

An innovative, inter-disciplinary examination of how the International Criminal Court came to be framed as a 'catalyst' for domestic accountability...

This book explains how and why Belgium, a small but influential European country, was changed through its colonial activities in the Congo, from th...

An essential exploration of the DRC's hybrid forms of governance and the challenges posed in delivering vital public services.

A fresh introduction to the ICC through immersion in the first three trials, where legal rules met the surprising complexities of central African a...

This is the second Independent Country Programme Evaluation (ICPE) for the Republic of Congo, conducted in 2017 towards the end of the current UNDP...