Le Zaire Ex Congo Kinshasa
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Author | : Robert Cornevin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 1972 |
Genre | : Congo (Democratic Republic) |
ISBN | : |
General study of zaire - covers historical and geographical aspects, climate, the social and cultural anthropology of the country, political aspects, economic implications and social implications of the role of Belgium and subsequent independence, cultural change, etc. Bibliography pp. 125 and 126, maps and statistical tables.
Author | : R. Cornevin |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1977 |
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Author | : Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja |
Publisher | : Nordic Africa Institute |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9789171065384 |
Selected bibliography p.23.
Author | : Crawford Young |
Publisher | : University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages | : 522 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0299101134 |
Zaire, apparently strong and stable under Presdident Mobutu in the early 1970s, was bankrupt and discredited by the end of that decade, beset by hyperinflation and mass corruption, the populace forced into abject poverty. Why and how, in a new african state strategically located in Central Africa and rich in mineral resources, did this happen? How did the Zairian state become a “parasitic predator” upon its own people?
Author | : Jacques Kohlmann |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1974 |
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Author | : Robert Cornevin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 1977 |
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Author | : Bob W. White |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 327 |
Release | : 2008-06-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0822389266 |
Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) from 1965 until 1997, was fond of saying “happy are those who sing and dance,” and his regime energetically promoted the notion of culture as a national resource. During this period Zairian popular dance music (often referred to as la rumba zaïroise) became a sort of musica franca in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. But how did this privileged form of cultural expression, one primarily known for a sound of sweetness and joy, flourish under one of the continent’s most brutal authoritarian regimes? In Rumba Rules, the first ethnography of popular music in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bob W. White examines not only the economic and political conditions that brought this powerful music industry to its knees, but also the ways that popular musicians sought to remain socially relevant in a time of increasing insecurity. Drawing partly on his experiences as a member of a local dance band in the country’s capital city Kinshasa, White offers extraordinarily vivid accounts of the live music scene, including the relatively recent phenomenon of libanga, which involves shouting the names of wealthy or powerful people during performances in exchange for financial support or protection. With dynamic descriptions of how bands practiced, performed, and splintered, White highlights how the ways that power was sought and understood in Kinshasa’s popular music scene mirrored the charismatic authoritarianism of Mobutu’s rule. In Rumba Rules, Congolese speak candidly about political leadership, social mobility, and what it meant to be a bon chef (good leader) in Mobutu’s Zaire.
Author | : Fiston Mwanza Mujila |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2024-02-20 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781646051274 |
Following the international success of his debut novel Tram 83, Fiston Mwanza Mujila is back with his highly anticipated second novel, which follows a remarkable series of characters during the Mobutu regime. The Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as Congo-Kinshasa or DRCongo, has had a series of names since its founding. The name of Zaire best corresponds to the experience of the novel's characters. The years of Mobutu's regime were filled with utopias, dreams, fantasies and other uncontrolled desires for social redemption, the quest for easy enrichment and the desecration of places of power. Among these events: Zairians' immigration to Angola during the civil war boycotting the borders inherited from colonization, as if the country did not have its own diamonds, and the occupation of public places by children from outside. The author creates the atmosphere of the time through a roundup of characters: the diviner Tshiamuena, also known as Madonna of the Cafunfo mines, prides herself of being God with whoever is willing to listen to her. Franz Baumgartner, an apprentice writer originally from Austria and rumba lover, goes around the bars in search of material for his novel. Sanza, Le Blanc and other street children share information to the intelligence services when they are not living off begging and robbery. Djibril, taxi driver, only lives for reggae music. As soon as night falls, each character dances and plays his own role in a country mined by dictatorship.
Author | : F. Ngolet |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 2010-12-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230116256 |
This volume offers a comprehensive history and analysis of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the tumultuous period of 1997 - 2001. The author examines the most recent events in this turbulent region, offering a contemporary account that is both extensive and detailed.
Author | : Jason Stearns |
Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
Total Pages | : 372 |
Release | : 2012-03-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1610391594 |
A "meticulously researched and comprehensive" (Financial Times) history of the devastating war in the heart of Africa's Congo, with first-hand accounts of the continent's worst conflict in modern times. At the heart of Africa is the Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal war in which millions have died. In Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, renowned political activist and researcher Jason K. Stearns has written a compelling and deeply-reported narrative of how Congo became a failed state that collapsed into a war of retaliatory massacres. Stearns brilliantly describes the key perpetrators, many of whom he met personally, and highlights the nature of the political system that brought these people to power, as well as the moral decisions with which the war confronted them. Now updated with a new introduction, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters tells the full story of Africa's Great War.