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Post any books set in either the Republic of the Congo or the Democratic Republic of the Congo here.

Books set in the Congo:


African Psycho by Alain Mabanckou (Congo)
King Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild (DRC)
A Bend in the River by V.S. Naipaul (DRC)
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (DRC)
Little Boys Come from the Stars by Emmanuel Dongala (Congo)
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad (Congo)
A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene (DRC)
Black Bazar by Alain Mabanckou (Congo)
The Ponds of Kalambayi: A Peace Corps Memoir by Mike Tidwell (DRC)
Broken Glass by Alain Mabanckou (Congo)
The Headhunter's Daughter by Tamar Myers (DRC)
The Seven Solitudes of Lorsa Lopez by Sony Labou Tansi (Congo)
The Mwindo Epic from the Banyanga (Zaire) by Kahombo C. Mateene (DRC)
Hero and Chief: Epic Literature from the Banyanga by Daniel Biebuyck (DRC)
Congo by Michael Crichton
Pandora in the Congo by Albert Sánchez Piñol
Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz by Michela Wrong (DRC)
Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness
The Fire of Origins: A Novel by Emmanuel Dongala (Congo)
The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett (Congo)
The Fight by Norman Mailer (DRC)
Congo Journey by Redmond O'Hanlon (Congo)
Memoirs of a Porcupine by Alain Mabanckou (Congo)
In Southern Light: Trekking Through Zaire and the Amazon (DRC)
The Cock's Egg by Rosemary Nixon
A Thousand Sisters by Lisa Shannon (Congo)
Ruined by Lynn Nottage (DRC)
Chief of Station, Congo by Lawrence Devlin (DRC)
Drums Along the Congo by Rory Nugent (Congo)
Children of the Forest: Africa's Mbuti Pygmies by Kevin Duffy (DRC)
The Last Twilight by Marjorie M. Liu
Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart by Tim Butcher (DRC)
Gorilla Adventure by Willard Price (DRC)
Bride Price by Ian Mathie (DRC)
The Madman and the Medusa by Tchicaya U Tam'si (DRC)
Bongo, Bongo, Bongo, I Don't Wanna Leave the Congo: A Memoir
The Witch Doctor's Wife by Tamar Myers
The Mission Song by John le Carré
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters
The Assassination of Lumumba by Ludo De Witte
The Curve of the World: A Novel by Marcus Stevens (DRC)
Johnny Mad Dog by Emmanuel Dongala
Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd (Congo)
All Things Must Fight to Live: Stories of War and Deliverance in Congo
When Bull Elephants Fight: An American Surgeon's Chronicle of Congo
Brazzaville Charms by Cassie Knight (Congo)
Nuns Story by Kathryn Hulme (DRC)
Going Home by Simmao Kikamba
D.R. Congo: The Darkness of the Heart by Loso Kiteti Boya
The Tragic Congo: From Decolonization to Dictatorship by Jeanne M. Haskin
The Congo: From Leopold to Kabila: A People's History (DRC)
The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality by Thomas Turner
The Laughing Cry: An African Cock and Bull Story by Henri Lopes
Gentlemen of Bacongo by Daniele Tamagni
East Along the Equator: A Journey Up the Congo and Into Zaire
The Book of the Heathen: A Novel of the Congo by Robert Edric
Cryptid Hunters by Roland Smith
On The Gorilla Trail: Sisters Of The Hunt (Sisters of the Hunt)
The Kongolese Saint Anthony by John Thornton

The Helpers: An International Tale of Espionage and Corruption by Suzanna E. Nelson

I have started a Listopia list of books set in the Congo here: Books Set in the Congo. I compiled the list from this thread plus other suggestions and recommendations found elsewhere on Good Reads and the Internet. Feel free to vote for your favorites and/or add books that I missed!

Kelli wrote: "I have started a Listopia list of books set in the Congo here: Books Set in the Congo. I compiled the list from this thread plus other suggestions and recommendations found elsewhere on Good Reads..."

Awesome! Thanks so much!

More Books Set in The Congoes:


The Adventures of Zakariah Khan: Deep in the Congo Basin by Dr. Nazir Brelvi
The African Dream: The Diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo
The Beggars' Pursuit by Christian Filostrat
The Black Ancestor by Albert Russo (DRC)
The Blind Lion of the Congo by Harry Lincoln Sayler Elliott Whitney
Congo by Walter Stegram
Congo Warriors by Mike Hoare
The Consul's Wife by W.T. Tyler
The Crime of the Congo by Arthur Conan Doyle
Heart of Diamonds: A Novel of Scandal, Love and Death in the Congo
The Last Expedition: Stanley's Mad Journey Through the Congo
Leisure and Society in Colonial Brazzaville by Phyllis Martin (Congo)
The Leopard's Wife: A Novel by Paul Pickering
Mean and Lowly Things: Snakes, Science, and Survival in the Congo
No Mercy: A Journey Into the Heart of the Congo by Redmond O'Hanlon
The Rebels' Hour by Lieve Joris
The Road to Kalamata: A Congo Mercenary's Personal Memoir by Mike Hoare
Rumba Rules: The Politics of Dance Music in Mobutu’s Zaire (DRC)
The Troubled Heart of Africa: A History of the Congo by Robert Edgerton
Tutaishi: The African Tale by Khaya M. Gqibitole
The Unit: Seek and Destroy by Patrick Andrews
Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo
Drums on the Night Air: A Woman's Flight from Africa's Heart of Darkness

Congo:


By the Grace of God by Suruba Ibumando Georgette Wechsler (DRC)

A Voice from the Congo - Compromising Stories, Anecdotes, and Descriptive Notes by Herbert Ward

Tomorrow I Will Be Twenty Years Old by Alain Mabanckou (Congo Republic)

Lucy by Laurence Gonzales (DRC)

Gorillaland by Greg Cummings

Mike Hoare

Endangered by Eliot Schrefer (DRC)

Consuming the Congo: War and Conflict Minerals in the World's Deadliest Place by Peter Eichstaedt


Congo by Mayi Ngwala

Stringer: A Reporter's Journey in the Congo by Anjan Sundaram

The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding by Severine Autesserre

Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen: An Ordinary Family's Extraordinary Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in Congo by Lisa J. Shannon

Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila (Congo DRC)

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou (Congo republic)

The Lights of Pointe-Noire by Alain Mabanckou. (Congo republic)

In the Shadow of Freedom: A Heroic Journey to Liberation, Manhood, and America by Tchicaya Missamou.

Congo, My Country by Patrice Lumumba

How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child by Sandra Uwiringiyimana (Congo DRC)

Mr. Fix It by Richard Ali A Mutu (Congo DRC)

Full Circle by Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie (Congo DRC)

More books set in the Congoes:


Africa's World War by Gérard Prunier (DRC)
Ah ! Mbongo by Paul Lomami Tshibamba
The Antipeople by Sony Labou Tansi (Rep.)
Batwing, Vol. 1: The Lost Kingdom by Judd Winick
Bavili Notes - Folklore and Legends from a Small Kingdom on the River Congo
Before the Birth of the Moon by V.Y. Mudimbe (DRC)
Being Colonized: The Kuba Experience in Rural Congo, 1880–1960 by Jan Vansina
Beneath the Blue Sky: A Short Book of Poetry by Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie (DRC)
Between Tides by V.Y. Mudimbe (DRC)
Beyond the Storm: Treating the Powerless and the Powerful in Mobuto's Congo/Zaire (DRC)
Blue White Red by Alain Mabanckou (Rep.)
The Bonds of War: A Child Soldier's Story by Wambalye Weikama (DRC)

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbra Kingsolver

White by Deni Ellis Béchard.

Dealing with the Dead by Alain Mabanckou.

Radio Okapi Kindu: The Station that Helped Bring Peace to the Congo by Jennifer Bakody (non-fiction)

I have recently completed two books on the Congo that may be of interest.

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

and

Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa

Both were very good non-fiction books.

The Death of Comrade President

Some factual memoirs 1970s, visiting for work in the sugar industry

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CUT-CRUSHED-...

The River in the Belly