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El Brujo
18th January 2003, 08:07
What does everyone think about The African Dream by Che?
ovrproofmentalz
19th January 2003, 20:30
i've read it.... it's a fairly good discription of what happened (or lack of) in the congo where che was positioned... gives insight into the failure of the congolese revolution, it's lack of congolese revolutionairies... it's a good book altogeather - i reccomend it.... you wanna read about the aftermath of the failed revolution - read: in the footsteps of mr kurtz. by michella wrong... it describes the horrible leader that was placed in power by the USA, and his corrupt, murderous rule for 30 years that ruined a country...

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El Brujo
23rd January 2003, 00:16
Just finnished reading it. Sad how the lack of unity between the Rwandans and the Congolese caused most of the problems. It had the potential to become a very successfull revolution.

I know a bit about Mobutu but I think ill check it out, thanks. The good thing is that Kabila finally overthrew him in 1997 also the Rwandan Patriotic Front took power in Rwanda, so all is turning out relatively well in that area now.
Dan Majerle
23rd January 2003, 14:48
I think it was a great book that illuminates a particularly unknown period in Che's life. You understand immediately his anger and agitation and that is something you don't see in Episodes of the Cuban Revolution.
ovrproofmentalz
26th January 2003, 03:53
el brujo - - - having kabila in power wasn't as succesful as many would hope... he was assasinated several years back, furthering the extent of the civil war in the congo which has so far claimed the lives of 30 million people....
there is change, which is coming at an excruciating slow pace, but it is change for the better none the less... another good book about the congo during the colonial times is = king leopold's ghost, by adam hochschild... i reccomend reading this as well... it is a very distrubing book about the truths of belgian colonialism in the turn of the 20th century... gives a lot of insight into the current situation... mobutu in my eyes is a direct manifestation of leopold, the only exception is he was congolese... overall an excellent book of history that has been shut out of textbooks...

guidance!!