Quotes Tagged With :congo

He [Stanley] had stated that he longed to do something wonderful for the African tribes along the Congo,....

The country is like a great sponge—it finally absorbs you. Eventually you will get malaria or you will....

Almost astride the Equator, night fell like a portcullis. The sun dropped below the horizon and suddenly....

Souvenez-vous toujours que dans la vie, la passion sans vision est une perte d’énergie, et que la....

the normal laws of development are inverted here in the Congo. The forest, not the town, offers the safest....

To Nine’s way of thinking, the problems surrounding the exploitation of coltan in the DRC epitomized....

To understand a woman, a man had to peel away layer after layer of words, much as one must peel away....

As so often happens in politics, what appears to be politically expedient for those in power rarely overlaps....

Most striking about the traditional societies of the Congo was their remarkable artwork: baskets, mats,....

I don't know how to stop the atrocities. I don't know how to make people care. But looking into my sister's....