Revolution and Counter-revolution in Africa

Download or read book Revolution and Counter-revolution in Africa written by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja and published by London : Institute for African Alternatives ; London ; [Atlantic Highlands] N.J. : Zed Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The people of the Congo have suffered from a particularly brutal colonial rule, American interference after independence, decades of robbery at the hands of the dictator Mobutu and periodic warfare which continues even now in the East of the country. But, as this insightful political history makes clear, the Congolese people have not taken these multiple oppressions lying down and have fought over many years to establish democratic institutions at home and free themselves from foreign exploitation; indeed these are two aspects of a single project.