In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz

Michela Wrong

– Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu’s Congo –

“Known as “the Leopard”, the president of Zaire for thirty-two years, Mobutu Sese Seko, showed all the cunning of his namesake – seducing Western powers, buying up the opposition, and dominating his people with a devastating combination of brutality and charm. While the population was pauperized, he plundered the country’s copper and diamond resources, downing pink champagne in his jungle palace like some modern-day reincarnation of Joseph Conrad’s crazed station manager.

Michela Wrong, a correspondent who witnessed Mobutu’s last days, traces the rise and fall of the idealistic young journalist who became the stereotype of an African despot. Engrossing, highly readable, and as funny as it is tragic, In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz assesses the acts of the villains and the heroes in this fascinating story of the Democratic Republic of Congo.”


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ISBN

9780060934439

Uitgever

Perennial Harper Collins

Uitgave

2002

Oorspronkelijk

2000

E-book

ook als e-book

Artikelnummer: 9991 Categorie:
Talen Engels
Landen Congo + Brazzaville

Beschrijving

paperback, 338 blz, in goede staat (klein geschreven naam op schutblad)

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