Blood River
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In 2004, intrepid journalist Tim Butcher set out to traverse the Congo River, retracing the legendary journey of Victorian explorer Henry Morton Stanley. What he discovered was a country so ravaged by war and corruption that it had essentially regressed more than a century, with the infrastructure Stanley encountered now utterly obliterated.
This is a gripping account of one man's perilous journey through one of the world's most dangerous places. Travelling by motorcycle, dugout canoe, and on foot through dense jungle and war-torn territories, Butcher encounters child soldiers, UN peacekeepers, and the ghosts of colonial brutality whilst attempting to understand how the Democratic Republic of Congo descended into such chaos.
Both adventure narrative and political reportage, this is essential reading for anyone seeking to comprehend the heart of Africa's ongoing tragedy.
