@asteris The Congo is home to Joseph Conrad's story, The Heart of Darkness.Still the true horror was Belgium's colonial rule of the place
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@teacherdude and "nobody" pays attention to the DRC now, despite the importance/impact of it's conflict minerals http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining_industry_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo …
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@asteris It goes back further than that. The great war photographer Don McCullin was in Congo in the 60's. Horrific images then too -
@teacherdude@asteris A master work staged on the 'Independance" background in DRC is The Poisonwood Bible, acc to me -
@ClaireInParis@teacherdude@rattlecans appreciate the book suggestions (I've read Conrad), need to update my literary Congo
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