Kongo (Brazzaville) = Republiken Kongo

Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize 2023.‘An incredibly important book . . . a beautifully crafted, compelling story . . . which will undoubtedly break your heart but also make it …

Finalist for the Man Booker International Prize 2015 Alain Mabanckou left Congo in 1989, at the age of twenty-two, not to return until a quarter of a century later. When at last he …

A career-defining collection from one of America's most significant poets, never before published in the UK.

The author set out for the Congo's eastern border with just a rucksack and a few thousand dollars hidden in his boots with the idea of recreating H M Stanley's famous expedition. …

Combining the acute observation of a nineteenth-century missionary, and the wit of a Monty Python player, Redmond O'Hanlon is famous for his adventurous travel. His new challenge …

July 1960: The newly independent Congo is hit by the secession of its mineral rich-province Katanga, led by Moise Tshombe and backed by Belgium and Britain. June 1961: Dr Conor …

Under decennier har vi konfronterats med bilden av ett katastrofernas Afrika. Men borde vi inte veta mer om hur Afrika lever för att förstå varför Afrika lider och dör? Till …

A Dance of Assassins presents the competing histories of how Congolese Chief Lusinga and Belgian Lieutenant Storms engaged in a deadly clash while striving to establish hegemony …

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. With an introduction by …

From the bestselling author of The Robin, The Wren and The Twelve Birds of Christmas. With around 700,000 breeding pairs, the swallow is one of the most familiar birds in Britain. …