Congo: The Epic History of a People
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Congo: The Epic History of a People (original Dutch title: Congo. Een geschiedenis) is a 639 page non-fiction book by David Van Reybrouck, first published in 2010. It describes the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the prehistory until the present, with the main focus on the period from the Belgian colonisation until the book's release. The book was originally published by De Bezige Bij on 3 May 2010.
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See also
- King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa (1998) is a best-selling popular history book by Adam Hochschild
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