Word: congoã
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Kabila said the Congo??s troubles stem back to the days of Belgian imperialism, when the needs of the people were neglected while the land was stripped of its rich natural resources. The country received its independence in 1960, but fell into chaos and then dictatorship under Mobutu Sese-Seko...
...much clout as provincial folklore. As in Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children and, more locally, the Nigerian novel Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Matapari’s childhood, from his “miraculous” birth in 1980 through the beginnings of Congo??s 1997 civil war, mirrors the nation’s own coming...