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WENDO KOLOSOY, Musician

By | 30/07/2008 | 0
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Veteran world music star Papa Wendo, considered the father of the Congolese Rumba, has died aged 83.
He "died on Monday evening following a long illness,"

He was admitted to intensive care at a Kishasa clinic on Monday suffering organ failure.

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`Heart of Darkness’, Fact or Fiction? By Tim Butcher

By | 28/07/2008 | 0
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Joseph Conrad, racist or realist? The debate about Conrad and his most famous work, Heart of Darkness, continues to rage. Here’s a piece I wrote on the subject that became the introduction to a new edition of Heart of Darkness published by Vintage Classics.

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Dungu : ruins of a colonial castle

By | 27/07/2008 | 0
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Dungu in the far north of the Democratic Republic of Congo borders on the Central African Republic and the south of Sudan. There are no government troops there since the local people asked them to leave two years ago. The infamous Lord’s Resistance Army is in the area, they crisscross the notional borders in the area attacking villages, kidnapping looting and killing. I was there to see what UNICEF needs to do to help. We stayed in sleepy Dungu meeting with local authorities and peace keepers.

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Tim Butcher's top 10 books about Congo (guardian.co.uk)

By | 23/07/2008 | 0
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Tim Butcher's first book, Blood River – A Journey To Africa's Broken Heart, has just been selected as a Richard & Judy Book Club choice. It uses his expedition across the Congo to tell the region's turbulent history. He has worked for The Daily Telegraph since 1991 specialising in reporting on awkward places at awkward times. He currently works as the paper's Middle East correspondent based in Jerusalem.

Few rivers have inspired writers more than the Congo. Here's my pick of ten titles with Africa's mightiest river running through them.

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