Seeking the Sources of Heart of Darkness: the African Narratives of late-Victorian Explorers and Journalists by Andrew Griffiths

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Congo : the epic history of a people / by Reybrouck, David van, author

“…Van Reybrouck reviews some of the most dramatic episodes in Congolese history -- from the slave trade to the ivory and rubber booms; from the arrival of Henry Morton Stanley to the tragic regime of King Leopold II; from global indignation to Belgian colonialism; from the struggle for independence to Mobutu's brutal rule; and from the world famous Rumble in the Jungle to the civil war over natural resources that began in 1996 and still rages today…”