Search Results for ‘Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaire)’, ‘Travel Writing & Other Literature’ - 4 matches found

Blood River - A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart

Now in paperback, 'Blood River' tells of author Tim Butcher's unbelievable solo journey down the river Congo, through the heart of Africa. Ever since Henry Morton Stanley first charted its mighty river...

In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz

A Century after Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Wrong revisits the Congo as the era of Mobutu collapses into absurdity, anarchy and corruption.
In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz is a sparkling account of the...

The African Dream

In 1964 amid worldwide conjecture, Ernesto 'Che' Guevara, hero of the Cuban Revolution, mysteriously left Cuba, where he was a minister in Fidel Castro's government, and surfaced incognito in the heart...

The Poisonwood Bible

A novel about a fierce Baptist Pastor who takes his family to the Congo in 1959. Everything they might need they carry with them. But soon everything from garden seeds to Scripture is transformed in...