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In Congo's Shadow by Louise Linton (2016, Trade Paperback)

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I have carefully read this book, and having spent years in East Africa found it an interesting combination of fact and fiction. There is a lot of criticism to be found on line, but I think much of it is misplaced.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherCreateSpace

ISBN-101522708049

ISBN-139781522708049

eBay Product ID (ePID)222148618

Product Key Features

Book TitleIn Congo's Shadow

Number of Pages290 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2016

TopicAfrica / General, Personal Memoirs

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorLouise Linton

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight13.5 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2017-471201

SynopsisIn Congo's Shadow is the inspiring memoir of an intrepid teenager who abandoned her privileged life in Scotland to travel to Zambia as a gap year student where she found herself inadvertently caught up in the fringe of the Congolese War. A 'skinny white muzungu with long angel hair', Louise was an anomaly in darkest Africa. Posted to a tiny village on the shores of Lake Tanganyika just miles from Congo, she became immersed in a remote world of unsurpassed natural beauty rife with hidden danger. Life was at first idyllic. As the weeks passed, Louise formed close friendships with the Bemba people, learnt their language, and created a little school under the Mukusi tree. Still struggling with the untimely loss of her mother, Louise found comfort in her bond with Zimba, a six-year-old orphan girl who she came to love as her own. Monsoon season came and went, and just as normal life resumed Louise fell for a young German pilot, but their courtship could not last. News of civil war was spreading down the lake as the Hutu-Tutsi conflict began to escalate... This compelling coming-of-age story is a tale of lost innocence and one daring young girl's bittersweet journey to heart of Africa as she conquers fear, breaks barriers and learns that friendship can transcend race, age, and history.

LC Classification NumberDT3050.L56 2016

As told toHolden, Wendy