Back to the Congo

by Lieve Joris

The niece of a missionary in Africa recounts her travels in the Belgian Congo, capturing the remnants of Zaire's colonial past, the mission station where her uncle worked, the white expatriate... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689121644
• ISBN13: 9780689121647
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Simply the best

Hi All,As I am working in the middle of the jungle, (Kindu) DRC I was honoured to accomodate Lieve for 14 days in my house overthere.Great lady.So once back home I started reading her book BACK TO CONGO? PLEASANT READING AS i TOOK ONLY 3 DAYS TO FINISH IT;Next one will be dance of the leopard........Lieve, Good luck for the future and keep on writing........Always welcome to Kindu and thanks again for the pan-cackes

How it all started with Lieve Joris

This book is about the first journey of Lieve Joris to Africa. And in my opinion you can feel/read between the lines that she is travelling like this the first time. Though I had some problems getting through the first 70 pages, I became to like to book/story very much. After those first 70 pages and having overcome the cruiseship and the typical people, the real adventure unravels. Lieve Joris gave me a view of Africa that I will never experience. First of all Zaire is now the Republic of Congo. Secondly I would not dare to travel like she does, therefore this book is a dedicated window to Africa for me. I like the way Joris writes, somehow like a journalist getting into her subject. Not like a novelist at all. This book was my hypertextlink to Conrads 'Heart of Darkness', for Joris travels the same river into dark Africa.