'East Along the Equator
' by Helen Winternitz is the story of a couple who embarks on a journey through Zaire primarily via the Congo river, in the early 1980's. The book describes their encounters with local merchants, catholic missionaries, secret police, and members of President Mobutu's cabinet as they work their way from Kinshasa east to Goma and back again.
While now a bit dated, this book provided an excellent view of what Zaire was like during the time of the entailed trip, as well as a historical look at the Congo as a colony of Belgium and how it ended up in it's present state.
' by Helen Winternitz is the story of a couple who embarks on a journey through Zaire primarily via the Congo river, in the early 1980's. The book describes their encounters with local merchants, catholic missionaries, secret police, and members of President Mobutu's cabinet as they work their way from Kinshasa east to Goma and back again.While now a bit dated, this book provided an excellent view of what Zaire was like during the time of the entailed trip, as well as a historical look at the Congo as a colony of Belgium and how it ended up in it's present state.
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