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Dancing in the Glory of Monsters
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A high-signal book in the public archive, connected to Mobutu, African Carnage, Africa.
want elections, not erections,” some of Tshisekedi’s rabble-rousers inveighed, poking fun at the Rwandan tendency to switch
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absence of a strong government. At the height of the war, there were upwards of forty Congolese armed groups in the eastern Congo alone, while nine different African states deployed troops....
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This emphasis on the conflict’s complexity provided the philosophical thrust of the book. How should we define responsibility and guilt in the Congo, when the violence is of a very different...
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since made public, the companies that bought stakes in these mines paid around one-tenth of that price, only to turn around and resell their shares on the international market for the full v...
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I will not make any predictions. If the past is anything to judge by, Congolese politics will continue to surprise and bewilder, frustrate and inspire. As Koffi Olomide sang: Lokuta eyaka na...
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