The Resource Congo Inc. : Bismarck's testament, In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by Dominic Thomas
Congo Inc. : Bismarck's testament, In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by Dominic Thomas
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- Summary
- "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."--
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- xix, 189 pages
- Contents
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- Foreword / by Dominic Thomas
- Lands and Times
- Who Are You?
- Paper Tiger
- Inaudible Screams
- Persistent Turmoil
- The Women They Kill
- The World Is Yours
- Eternal Dragon
- Compromise of Principles
- Please Read the Attached Note
- Chance Eloko Pamba
- Game Over!
- Epilogue
- Isbn
- 9780253031907
- Label
- Congo Inc. : Bismarck's testament
- Title
- Congo Inc.
- Title remainder
- Bismarck's testament
- Statement of responsibility
- In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by Dominic Thomas
- Title variation
- Congo Incorporated
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- "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."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- PUL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1954-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bofane, In Koli Jean
- Dewey number
- 843/.92
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated from the French
- LC call number
- PQ3989.3.B578
- LC item number
- C6613 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- De Jager, Marjolijn
- Series statement
- Global African voices
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pygmies
- Young men
- Globalization
- Globalization
- Pygmies
- Young men
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- FICTION / Political
- FICTION / Satire
- Label
- Congo Inc. : Bismarck's testament, In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by Dominic Thomas
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword / by Dominic Thomas -- Lands and Times -- Who Are You? -- Paper Tiger -- Inaudible Screams -- Persistent Turmoil -- The Women They Kill -- The World Is Yours -- Eternal Dragon -- Compromise of Principles -- Please Read the Attached Note -- Chance Eloko Pamba -- Game Over! -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn985074641
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 189 pages
- Isbn
- 9780253031907
- Lccn
- 2017045602
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)985074641
- Label
- Congo Inc. : Bismarck's testament, In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by Dominic Thomas
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Foreword / by Dominic Thomas -- Lands and Times -- Who Are You? -- Paper Tiger -- Inaudible Screams -- Persistent Turmoil -- The Women They Kill -- The World Is Yours -- Eternal Dragon -- Compromise of Principles -- Please Read the Attached Note -- Chance Eloko Pamba -- Game Over! -- Epilogue
- Control code
- ocn985074641
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Extent
- xix, 189 pages
- Isbn
- 9780253031907
- Lccn
- 2017045602
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)985074641
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