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Congo : The Epic History of a People by David Van Reybrouck, David van Reybrouck, David van Reybrouck, David Van reybrouck, Isabelle Rosselin is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Hailed as "a monumental history . . . more exciting than any novel" (NRC Handelsblad),David van Reybrouck’s rich and gripping epic, in the tradition of Robert Hughes' __The Fatal Shore__, tells the extraordinary story of one of the world's most devastated countries: the Democratic Republic of Congo. Epic in scope yet eminently readable, penetrating and deeply moving, David van Reybrouck's __Congo: The Epic History of a People__ traces the fate of one of the world's most critical, failed nation-states, second only to war-torn Somalia: the Democratic Republic of Congo. Van Reybrouck takes us through several hundred years of history, bringing some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history. Here are the people and events that have impinged the Congo's development—from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today. Van Reybrouck interweaves his own family's history

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Author

David Van Reybrouck, David van Reybrouck, David van Reybrouck, David Van reybrouck, Isabelle Rosselin

Publisher

HarperCollins;Ecco

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780062200136

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

True Crime, Political Science, History

Rating

4.32 / 5 (55 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14