Blogs in January 1970

Seven Houses in France 1st January 1970

Seven houses in France is set in the Congo in 1903-1904. Atxaga takes it for granted that Belgian imperialism was criminally responsible for this Heart of Darkness. Against this background, his main interest is to explore the feelings and...

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The Poisonwood Bible 1st January 1970

Nathan, a Baptist preacher, has come to spread the Word in a remote village reachable only by airplane. To say that he and his family are woefully unprepared would be an understatement: “We came from Bethlehem, Georgia, bearing Betty...

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Radio Congo 1st January 1970

Brash hustlers, sinister colonels, resilient refugees, and intrepid radio hosts: meet the future of Congo While poring over dusty photographs of colonial Congo, Ben Rawlence stumbled upon the image of a lost city a glistening metropolis fuelled by tin...

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