Blood river
a journey to Africa's broken heart
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Word Count
90,750 words, Guess
Page Count
363 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL18745377M
- ISBN-139780701179816
- ISBN-100701179813
- OCLC Control Number84150967
- Library of Congress Control Number2008378499
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- Goodreads1077653
- LibraryThing3167757
Classifications
- DDC916.7510434
- LCCDT647.5 .B88 2007
Description
The author recounts his audacious and perilous quest through the Congo as he retraced the 1874 expedition of explorer H. M. Stanley to map the Congo River, traveling alone with an assortment of vehicles, including a motorbike and dugout canoe, and aided by characters ranging from U.N. aid workers to a pygmy-rights advocate.
Description
Ever since Stanley first charted its mighty river in the 1870s, the Congo has epitomised the dark and turbulent history of a failed continent - from colonial cruelty under the Belgians to the kleptocratic chaos of Mobutu Seso Seko and the post-apocalyptic riot of robber-baron politicians. This title tells the story of the Congo.
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