Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart (Unabridged audio book): A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart |
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 | One has to admit that Tim Butcher's journey through the war torn DRC is an amazing exploit, albeit more than slightly foolish! The same cannot be said about the book. It's an easy to read travel story which is decent entertainment on a long haul flight, but I cannot understand the purpose of the book. Partly a travel narrative and partly a historic recount of Stanley's voyage through the Congo, it fails to achieve depth in both. It is also a denunciation of Congo's colonial masters, their Congolese successors and Congo's neighbours who play a role in the East-Congo conflict. It is quite repetitive: if you didn't know that Kinshasa used to be called Leopoldville and Kisangani is the contemporary name of Stanleyville, you will never forget after reading this book. A disappointment given the grandeur of the trip itself. read more.
Written by Tim Butcher narrated by the author.
Published 01 February 2008.
Published by Whole Story Audio Books.
rrp £19.99.
9 pages Audio CD.
ISBN: 1407417398
ISBN-13: 9781407417394 | |
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