ISBN:
1841154210
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 324 S.
,
Ill., Kt.
Edition:
1. publ.
DDC:
967.5103
Keywords:
Kabila, Laurent-Désiré
;
Mobutu Sese Seko 〈1930-1997〉
;
Wrong, Michela 〈1961-〉
;
Geschichte 1900-2000
;
Geschichte 1960-1997
;
Geschichte
;
Politik
;
Political corruption History 20th century
;
Politik
;
Korruption
;
Congo (Democratic Republic) Politics and government 1960-1997
;
Congo (Democratic Republic) Politics and government 1997-
;
Demokratische Republik Kongo
;
Demokratische Republik Kongo
;
Korruption
;
Demokratische Republik Kongo
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 1960-1997
Abstract:
"Mr. Kurtz, the colonial white master, brought evil to the remote upper reaches of the Congo River. A century after Conrad's Heart of Darkness was first published, Michela Wrong revisits the Congo as the era of Mobutu Sese Seko collapses into absurdity, anarchy and corruption." "This is a portrait of the grotesque as confusion takes over: pink-lipsticked rebel soldiers mingle with tracksuited secret policemen in hotels where fin de siecle dinner parties are ploughing through hotel wine cellars rather than see bottles lost to the new regime. Congo, Africa's richest county in terms of its natural resources, has institutionalised kelptomania: everyone is on the take. In a country where the minumum wage has dropped to below
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