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Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba (2010)

Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba by Karen Bouwer

In the 1960s the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) emerged as a political ‘hot spot’ in Africa. The transition from decades of Belgian colonial brutality and paternalism to independence, as historical records reveal, did not go smoothly.

The Rebel’s Hour by Lieve Joris (2008)

Lieve Joris recounts the true story of Assani, a student, rebel, soldier, and statesman, in a genre she refers to as literary reportage.  Joris begins Assani’s story in Kinshasa during the fragile peace of 2003, when he is serving in the disparate forces that constitute the Congolese military. 

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