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The African Stakes of the Congo War by John F Clark Publisher Comments This is the only available book on the Congo war, the most important current conflict in Africa. Two chapters situate the war in its historical and theoretical context, while others survey the interests of the Congolese government, of the rebel groups... (read more) List Price $109.50 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality by Thomas Turner Publisher Comments This book, by a lifelong authority on the Congo, makes sense of the world's least reported and least understood major war. Since 1996 successive waves of armed conflict in the Congo have left behind at least 3 million casualties, overwhelmingly civilian.... (read more) List Price $38.25 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo by Charles Pearson Synopsis Henry Morton Stanley undertook the greatest African expedition of the 19th century to rescue Emin Pasha, last lieutenant of the martyred General Gordon and governor of the southern Sudan. Instead of ten months, the trip took three years and cost the... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo (08 Edition) by Jules Marchal Publisher Comments In the early twentieth century, the worldwide rubber boom led British enterpreneur Lord Leverhulme to the Belgian Congo. Warmly welcomed by the murderous regime of King Leopold II, Leverhulme set up a private kingdom reliant on the horrific Belgian... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
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Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo by Pagan Kennedy Publisher Comments Black Livingstone is the first book to chronicle the remarkable life of William Henry Sheppard. As a twenty-four-year-old African American missionary in 1890, Sheppard departed for what was then the Belgian Congo, accompanied by Samuel Lapsley, a white... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Brazza in Congo: A Legacy and a Life by Idanna Puccci Publisher Comments Brazza in Congo: A Legacy and A Lifepresents a first-ever consideration of the great African explorer by Africans themselves, focusing on the story of his visionary humanism. Pietro Paolo Savorgnan di Brazza rejected the racism of his age and embraced... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $27.50 Sale - Hardcover
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In the Shadow of Freedom: A Heroic Journey to Liberation, Manhood, and America by Tchicaya Missamou Publisher Comments FROM POVERTY TO WEALTH, FROM AFRICA TO AMERICA, AND FROM CHILD SOLDIER TO U.S. MARINE Born into the Congolese wilderness, Tchicaya Missamou became a child soldier at age 11. As a horrific civil war loomed across his country, Tchicaya began using his... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The River Congo :the discovery, exploration, and exploitation of the world's most dramatic river by Peter Forbath Book News Annotation An account of the great river over 600 years since its "discovery" by "civilization", told as a seamless narrative of adventure. A reprint of the HarperCollins edition of 1977. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)... (read more) Your price: $2.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Postconflict Economics in Sub-saharan Africa by Not Available (na) Publisher Comments The Democratic Republic of the Congo is making significant strides on both the political and economic fronts to extricate itself from one of the bloodiest wars in African history. This remarkable turnaround offers other countries and the international... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $24.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Giant Among Rivers by Richard Snailham Your price: $4.95 Used - Book Club Hardcover
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The River Congo :the discovery, exploration and exploitation of the world's most dramatic river by Peter Forbath List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.95 Used - Hardcover
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The River Congo :the discovery, exploration and exploitation of the world's most dramatic river by Peter Forbath Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Custom and Government in the Lower Congo by Wyatt MacGaffey List Price $12.50 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Congo Eden by Mary L. Jobe Akeley Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Drums along the Congo: On the Trail of Mokele-Mbembe, the Last Living Dinosaur by Rory Nugent Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dialectics of Oppression in Zaire by Michael G Schatzberg Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Pawa: A Memoir from the Belgian Congo, 1945-1949 by Frank Lambrecht Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Bearded Lion Who Roars : "Simba Mandefu Mabe" by Dallemagne Cookson List Price $12.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Fabulous Congo by Felice Bellotti Your price: $12.95 Used - Hardcover
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