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Thanks for this. Could you share the rest of your reading list?
by indubitably 15y ago
Thanks for this. Could you share the rest of your reading list?
- nikcub 15y agoAfrica: A Biography: http://www.amazon.com/Africa-Biography-Continent-John-Reader/dp/067973869X/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1331359702&sr=8-3 http://www.amazon.com/Africa-Biography-Continent-John-Reader... The 'Dead Aid' book and others like it. There was a specific book on the Congo whos title I can't remember atm, but I will find. Wikipedia is also good for context, and the associated link, for eg. starting at the second Congo war: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Congo_War http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Congo_War
- dougk7 15y agoFriends of the Congo: http://www.friendsofthecongo.org/films-a-videos.html http://www.friendsofthecongo.org/films-a-videos.html has some great resources about this. Another classic is Heart of Darkness (although a fiction, it tells much about colonialism) King Leopold's Ghost is also a great read: http://www.amazon.com/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Heroism-Colonial/dp/0618001905 http://www.amazon.com/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Heroism-Colonial/d...
- rowanseymour 15y agoI would not recommend Heart of Darkness to a beginner on the Congo. Yes it deals with the brutality of Belgian colonialism... but it's dated and has it's own racist portrayal of Africa as the dark continent with primitive peoples. I would tho second King Leopold's Ghost as a brilliant overview of colonialism in the Congo.