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In the footsteps of Mr Kurtz living on the brink of disaster in the Congo

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In the footsteps of Mr Kurtz : living on the brink of disaster in the Congo

Autor: Wrong, Michela
Ausgabe: 1. publ.
Ort, Verlag, Jahr: London, Fourth Estate, 2000
Umfang: X, 324 S.
ISBN/ISSN/ISMN 1841154210
Schlagwortketten: Demokratische Republik Kongo / Korruption
Schlagwortketten: Demokratische Republik Kongo / Politik / Geschichte 1960-1997

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Autor:Wrong, Michela
Titel:In the footsteps of Mr Kurtz
Untertitel:living on the brink of disaster in the Congo
Von:Michela Wrong
Ausgabe:1. publ.
Ort:London
Verlag:Fourth Estate
Jahr:2000
Umfang:X, 324 S.
Illustrationsangabe:Ill., Kt.
ISBN/ISSN/ISMN:1841154210
Zusammenfassung:"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
Systematik:MI 46080
Systematik:MS 9625
BV-Nummer:BV013390893