In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the Congo reference-textbooks

In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the Congo reference-textbooksKnown 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

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Lewis is a vivid storyteller

a profound exploration of collective guilt and individual justice

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This story of love and longing—set in a conservative Muslim community in Nigeria—reveals deep emotions that defy age

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The ‘human’ emerges as a deeply political category