Congo Inc.

Bismarck's Testament

In Koli Jean Bofane (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

214 Seiten

2018
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-03190-7 (ISBN)

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To the sound of machine gun fire and the smell of burning flesh, award-winning author In Koli Jean Bofane leads readers on a perilous, satirical journey through the civil conflict and political instability that have been the logical outcome of generations of rapacious multinational corporate activity, corrupt governance, widespread civil conflict, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation in Africa. Isookanga, a Congolese Pygmy, grows up in a small village with big dreams of becoming rich. His vision of the world is shaped by his exploits in Raging Trade, an online game where he seizes control of the world's natural resources by any means possible: high-tech weaponry, slavery, and even genocide. Isookanga leaves his sleepy village to make his fortune in the pulsating capital Kinshasa, where he joins forces with street children, warlords, and a Chinese victim of globalization in this blistering novel about capitalism, colonialism, and the world haunted by the ghosts of Bismarck and Leopold II. Told with just enough levity to make it truly heartbreaking, Congo Inc. is a searing tale about ecological, political, and economic failure.

In Koli Jean Bofane was born in 1954 in the northern region of what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo and currently resides in Belgium. His novels have received numerous awards, including the Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire, the Grand Prix du Roman Métis, and the Prix des Cinq continents de la Francophonie. Marjolijn de Jager is a trilingual (Dutch, English, French), award-winning translator of works by Werewere Liking, Tahar Djaout, Ken Bugul, and Camille Laurens. She also translated Gilbert Gatoré's The Past Ahead for the Global African Voices series.

Acknowledgments
I. Lands and Times
II. Who Are You?
III. Paper Tiger
IV. Inaudible Screams
V. Persistent Turmoil
VI. The Women They Kill
VII. The World Is Yours
VIII. Eternal Dragon
IX. Compromise of Principles
X. Please Read the Attached Note
XI. Chance Eloko Pamba
XII. Game Over
Epilogue

Erscheinungsdatum	25.04.2018
Reihe/Serie	Global African Voices
Übersetzer	Marjolijn De Jager
Vorwort	Dominic Thomas
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
	Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-253-03190-7 / 0253031907
ISBN-13	978-0-253-03190-7 / 9780253031907
Zustand	Neuware