Congo stories : battling five centuries of exploitation and greed /

For five centuries, right up to the present, Americans and Europeans have benefited enormously from an astonishing history of exploitation of the people and natural resources of a country in the heart of Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The people of Congo are fighting back, risking the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Prendergast, John, 1963- (Author), Bafilemba, Fidel (Author)
Other Authors:	Souleymane, Soraya Aziz (writer of foreword.), Eggers, Dave (writer of postface.), Namegabe, Chouchou (writer of afterword.), Ilus, Sam, 1979- (Illustrator), Gosling, Ryan, 1980- (Photographer)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Grand Central Publishing, [2018]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Congo (Democratic Republic) > History. Congo (Democratic Republic) > Politics and government. Congo (Democratic Republic) > Economic conditions > 1960- Resource curse > Congo (Democratic Republic) Mines and mineral resources > Political aspects > Congo (Democratic Republic) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists. HISTORY / Africa / Central. POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African.

Table of Contents:

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.