An Archive of Possibilities: Healing and Repair in Democratic Republic of Congo

by Rachel Marie Niehuus

In An Archive of Possibilities, anthropologist and surgeon Rachel Marie Niehuus explores possibilities of healing and repair in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo against a backdrop of 250 years of Black displacement, enslavement, death, and chronic war. Niehuus argues that in a context in which violence characterizes everyday life, Congolese have developed innovative and imaginative ways to live amid and mend from repetitive harm. Drawing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478021012
• ISBN13: 9781478021018
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"