Index
- Introductory Information
- Images that can be downloaded for use and distribution
- Media Embedded From External Sources
- Books and other resources in pdf format
- External Links to Other Sources of Information
Introductory Information
This page is a repository for collected information on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Many material shared here cover multiple regions within Africa, including the DRC, as European colonization and imperialism are a shared trauma throughtout the continent. Once I find more material to share, this page will grow to encompass all relevant information to the genocide and conflicts happening within DRC. All material presented here is in the English language and are provided for educational purposes only.
Images that can be downloaded for use and distribution
Have not been able to find downloadable infographics regarding the current crisis in the DRC. This will be updated as soon as I find more material.
Media Embedded From External Sources
Books and other resources in pdf format
The following are links to academic papers/reports/articles and books written by scholars, other professionals accredited in their own respective fields, nationally/internationally recognized organizations, and writers inspired by their own personal lived experiences. The publication dates vary as do the topics covered, but they are related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in some way. Some of this material has been generously provided for by Dal Cecil Runo.
- Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
- The Forest People: A Study of the Pygmies of the Congo
- Central and East Africa: 1880 To the Present: From Colonialism to Civil War
- African Guitar: Solo Fingerstyle Guitar Music from Uganda, Congo/Zaire, Central African Republic, Malawi, Nambia and Zambia
- The African Stakes of the Congo War
- Crisis in the Congo: The Rise and fall of Laurent Kabila
- Congo: An account of a century of European exploration and exploitation in the heart of Africa
- Stringer: A Reporter’s Journey in the Congo
- Historical dictionary of Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
- Congo: The Epic History Of A People
- Spies in the Congo: America’s Atomic Mission in World War II
- Congo
- Language and Colonial Power: The Appropriation of Swahili in the Former Belgian Congo 1880-1938
- Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980
- Ivory Markets in Central Africa: Market Surveys in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Gabon: 2007, 2009, 2014/2015
- The Great African War: Congo and Regional Geopolitics, 1996–2006
- The Congo: a report of the Commission of enquiry appointed by the Congo Free State government
- The Assassination of Lumumba
- The History of Central and Eastern Africa: The Britannica Guide to Africa
- How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
- Mad Dog Killers: The Story of a Congo Mercenary
- Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen: An Ordinary Family’s
- Refractive Africa: Ballet of the Forgotten (a poetry book)
- Squadron: Ending the African Slave Trade
- Patrice Lumumba: Africa’s Lost Leader
- The story of the Congo Free State Social, political, and economic aspects of the Belgian system of government in Central Africa
- The Truth About the Congo: The Chicago Tribune Articles
- Heart of Darkness (a novel)
- Congo Diary: Episodes of the Revolutionary War in the Congo
- The War That Doesn’t Say Its Name: The Unending Conflict in the Congo
- Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World’s Deadliest Place
- The Lumumba Plot The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
- Lord Leverhulme’s Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo
- Congo Stories: Battling Five Centuries of Exploitation and Greed
- The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila, A People’s History
- Gender and Decolonization in the Congo: The Legacy of Patrice Lumumba
- Lumumba Speaks: The Speeches and Writings of Patrice Lumumba, 1958-1961
- Refugee: A Memoir
- Death in the Congo: Murdering Patrice Lumumba
- Madame Livingstone: The Great War in the Congo (historical fiction)
- The Power of Women: A Doctor’s Journey of Hope and Healing
- Colonial Exploitation and Economic Development: The Belgian Congo and the Netherlands Indies compared
- Radio Congo: Signals of Hope from Africa’s Deadliest War
- King Leopald’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
- How Africa Developed Europe: Deconstructing the His-story of Africa, Excavating Untold Truth and What Ought to Be Done and Known
- How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
- The Kanyok of Zaire: An Institutional and Ideological History to 1895
- Zaire World Bibliographical Series; V. 176
- Conflict and Intervention in Africa: Nigeria, Angola, Zaïre
- The Colonial Disease: A Social History of Sleeping Sickness in Northern Zaire, 1900-1940
- Rural Society and Cotton in Colonial Zaire
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
- Surviving the Slaughter: The Ordeal of a Rwandan Refugee in Zaire (Women in Africa and the Diaspora)
- The Path of a Genocide: The Rwanda Crisis from Uganda to Zaire
- Central Africa to 1870: Zambezia, Zaire and the South Atlantic
- The Congo-Zaire Experience, 1960–98
- Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary (extended version of the novel with the author’s personal lived experiences in Africa included at the end)
- The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality
- Gesture and Power: Religion, Nationalism, and Everyday Performance in Congo
- Agent for the Resistance: A Belgian Saboteur in World War
- Indirect Interventions in Civil Wars: The Use of States as Proxies in Military Interventions
- Americanizing Africanization: The Congo Crisis 1960-1967
- Shaba II: The French and Belgian Intervention in Zair in 1978
- The Rise and Decline of the Congolese State: An Analytical Narrative on State-Making
- Saving Mobutu: Zaire, the West, and the Inter-African Force, 1978-1979
- The Politics of Democratic Transition in Congo (Zaire): Implications of the Kabila “Revolution”
- Operations ‘Leopard’ and ‘Red Bean’ Kolwezi 1978: French and Belgian Intervention in Zaire
- France’s African Wars, 1974-1981
- Belgian Congo Volume I. 1, Volume II. 2
- A history of European penetration and African reaction in the Kasai region of Zaire, 1880-1908
- The African Republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo: Based on the Observationd and Material Collected during the Harvard African Expedition, 1926-1927
- Zaire: A Country Study
- Democratic Republic of Congo: Background and U.S. Relations
- The Security Demographic: Opulating and Civil Conflict After The Cold War
- Israel’s involvement in the Congo, 1958–68 Civilian and military dimensions
- Israel’s Strategy in Africa, 1961-67
- Deteriorating Israeli Position in Africa
- African-Israeli Relations: Impact on Continental Unity
- Israel’s Exit from Africa, 1973: The Road to Diplomatic Isolation
- Assessing the impact of China’s timber industry on Congo Basin land use change
- China’s involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource curse mineral driven conflict: an Afrocentric review
- China’s New Approach to CSR in Congo: is the Leverage Turning to China?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo v. FG Hemisphere Associates LLC: Hong Kong Conforms with China by Repudiating the Common Law Commerical Exception to Sovereign Immunity
- China and the Insecurity of Development in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
External Links to Other Sources of Information
- CONGRESS: Do Not Allow Our Tax Dollars To Fund Conflict In The Congo! (a petition)
- Friends of Congo
- Focus on Congo
- Congo Initiative: Stand With The Rising Generation
- Israel’s Heart of Darkness in the Congo by Eitay Mack
- The Congo, Decolonization, and the Cold War, 1960–1965
- Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) Virtual Jewish History Tour (Zionist information source)
- Diamonds Drenched in Blood: Unmasking Israel’s Role in the Congolese Crisis
- Mossad, a mining magnate and a mystery in Congo
- Chad, DRC, Rwanda deny reports of talks with Israel on taking in forcibly displaced Palestinians from Gaza
- Fight Over Corruption and Congo’s Mining Riches Takes a Turn in Washington
- Congo recovers mining and oil assets from Israeli billionaire
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo: A natural ally of Israel in Africa (Zionist information source)
- Israel withdraws military trainers from DRC amid Hamas conflict
- Israel-Palestine conflict leaves Africa divided
- Israel-Gaza war: Why is Africa divided on supporting Palestine?
- Congo to name new ambassador to Israel after more than 20 years
- Mossad Chief Cohen Kicked Out of DRC, on a Mission That Could Jeopardize Israel
- Catastrophic Displacement in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Israeli Cooperation with Africa (Zionist information source)
- Congo’s President Makes Apology to Israel
- In search of advantages: Israel’s observer status in the African Union
- DR Congo to open diplomatic commerce mission in Jerusalem
- U.S. Relations With Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Congolese refugee reunites with parents she thought she had lost
