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Back to the Congo

Back to the Congo

Back to the Congo
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Back to the Congo

by Joris, Lieve

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0333543696
ISBN 13
9780333543696
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(London: Macmillan, 1987) 0333543696. Translated by Stacey Knecht. 8vo; original black boards, lettered in gilt on spine; laminated pictorial dustwrapper (housed in removable protector); pp. (vi) +231. Dustwrapper lightly sunned on spine panel; front free endpaper removed; earlier owner's name signed on half-title; trace of foxing and browning. Good. "Fascinated from childhood by the enigmatic figure of her uncle, a Catholic missionary in Africa who returned only for short leaves bearing unfamiliar presents, Lieve Joris set out on board the Fabiolaville to the former Belgian Congo, the modern Zaïre of the ubiquitous President Mobutu. The author describes equally vividly the remnants of Zaïre's colonial past, the mission stations and the white expatriate community - many of whom ignore as far as possible the country in which they live - and the realities of modern Zaïre. From the chaos of Kinshasa to the remote villages of the interior, she falls for the charm of the inhabitants while laying bare the corruption endemic in the system." .

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Christison Rare Books, IOBA SABDA ZA (ZA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Back to the Congo
Author
Joris, Lieve
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0333543696
ISBN 13
9780333543696
Publisher
(London: Macmillan, 1987) 0333543696
Place of Publication
London
This edition first published
1992
Keywords
Congo. Postcolonial Africa. Travel writing Travel
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