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- Condition
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Congo
- ISBN
- 9781455584642
- Book Title
- Congo Stories : Battling Five Centuries of Exploitation and Greed
- Item Length
- 9.4in
- Publisher
- Grand Central Publishing
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, History, Political Science
- Topic
- Mining, Africa / Central, Social Activists, World / African
- Item Width
- 7.8in
- Item Weight
- 41.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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From the author of the New York Times bestselling and award-winning Not on Our Watch , John Prendergast co-writes a compelling book with Fidel Bafilemba--with stunning photographs by Ryan Gosling--revealing the way in which the people and resources of the Democratic Republic of Congo have been used throughout the last five centuries to build, develop, advance, and safeguard the United States and Europe. The book highlights the devastating price Congo has paid for that support. However, the way the world deals with Congo is finally changing, and the book tells the remarkable stories of those in Congo and the United States leading that transformation. The people of Congo are fighting back against a tidal wave of international exploitation and governmental oppression to make things better for their nation, their neighborhoods, and their families. They are risking their lives to resist and alter the deadly status quo. And now, finally, there are human rights movements led by young people in the United States and Europe building solidarity with Congolese change-makers in support of dignity, justice, and equality for the Congolese people. As a result, the way the world deal with Congo is finally changing. Fidel Bafilemba, Ryan Gosling, and John Prendergast traveled to Congo to document some of the stories not only of the Congolese upstanders who are building a better future for their country but also of young Congolese people overcoming enormous odds just to go to school and help take care of their families. Through Gosling's photographs of Congolese daily life, Bafilemba's profiles of heroic Congolese activists, and Prendergast's narratives of the extraordinary history and evolving social movements that directly link Congo with the United States and Europe, Congo Stories provides windows into the history, the people, the challenges, the possibilities, and the movements that could change the course of Congo's destiny. Chosen by Amazon as the Best Book of the Month for December 2018 in Biographies & Memoirs, History, and Nonfiction. Featuring the life story of Dr. Denis Mukwege, winner of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize
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Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
1455584649
ISBN-13
9781455584642
eBay Product ID (ePID)
23038391103
Product Key Features
Book Title
Congo Stories : Battling Five Centuries of Exploitation and Greed
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Mining, Africa / Central, Social Activists, World / African
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Technology & Engineering, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.4in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
7.8in
Item Weight
41.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Dt658.P74 2018
Photographed by
GOSLING, Ryan
Reviews
"In this well-organized, vigorously informative, polyphonic, unnerving, and conscience-rousing presentation, [Prendergast] and researcher and activist Bafilemba trace 'the connection between natural resources exploitation and the violent conflicts' destroying the lives of millions in the Democratic Republic of Congo ... A thoughtfully assembled resource and a clarion call for readers to seek out ethically sourced goods and support efforts to bring justice and peace to this cruelly pillaged land."-- Booklist
Copyright Date
2018
Lccn
2018-021726
Intended Audience
Trade
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Yes
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