Congo

by David Van Reybrouck

880 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 19, 2010

About the author

David Grégoire Van Reybrouck is a Belgian cultural historian, archaeologist and author. He writes historical fiction, literary non-fiction, novels, poetry, plays and academic texts. Moreover, he is the founder of the G1000 project in Belgium, a platform for democratic innovation and inclusive participatory politics.

He was born into a family of florists, bookbinders and artists. His father, a farmer's son, spent five years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a railway engineer immediately after independence.

He studied archaeology and philosophy at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) and obtained a Master's degree in World Archaeology from the University of Cambridge. He also holds a doctorate from Leiden University.

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David Grégoire Van Reybrouck is een Vlaamse cultuurhistoricus, archeoloog en schrijver.

David Van Reybrouck in de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia

David Van Reybrouck in de Digitale Bibliotheek voor de Nederlandse Letteren

David Van Reybrouck bij "Schrijversgewijs"