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Goma : stories of strength and sorrow from Eastern Congo
- Title
- Goma : stories of strength and sorrow from Eastern Congo / Theodore Trefon and Noël Kabuyaya.
- Author
- Trefon, Theodore
- Publication
- London : Zed, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Kabuyaya, Noël
- Description
- xxv, 230 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Provides an account of a Congolese city at the center of international aid efforts, as told through the everyday struggles of its people. Drawing on personal narratives--from taxi driver to market trader, doctor to local humanitarian worker--Trefon and Kabuyaya emphasize the resilience, pragmatism and ingenuity which characterizes so much of daily life in Goma. Resigned and hardened by struggle, the protagonists of the book give the impression that life is neither beautiful nor ugly, but an unending skirmish with destiny. In doing so, they offer insights into the social, cultural and political landscape of this unique city. --Adapted from publisher description.
- Uniform Title
- Précarité et bien-être à Goma (RDC) English
- Alternative Title
- Précarité et bien-être à Goma (RDC)
- Stories of strength and sorrow from Eastern Congo
- Subject
- Human security > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Goma (Nord-Kivu)
- Youth > Congo (Democratic Republic) > Goma (Nord-Kivu)
- Congolese (Democratic Republic) > Biography
- Congolese (Democratic Republic)
- Economic history
- Human security
- Social conditions
- Youth
- Goma (Nord-Kivu, Congo) > Social conditions
- Goma (Nord-Kivu, Congo) > Social conditions > Anecdotes
- Goma (Nord-Kivu, Congo) > Economic conditions > Anecdotes
- Congo (Democratic Republic) > Goma (Nord-Kivu)
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [228]-230) and index.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Contents
- Chronology of events in and around Goma -- Introduction: A city in search of its future -- The ups and downs of a businesswoman -- The amazing wooden scooter -- Charcoal is life -- A stone cutter's paradise -- Goma's public health challenges -- A pragmatic humanitarian -- Everybody loves beans -- The motorbike taxi solution -- Private security for hire -- Gembloux-Goma return -- Village boy makes good -- Born under a lucky star.
- Call Number
- Sc D 18-366
- ISBN
- 1786991411
- 9781786991416
- 1786991403
- 9781786991409
- OCLC
- 967710458
- Author
- Trefon, Theodore, author.
- Title
- Goma : stories of strength and sorrow from Eastern Congo / Theodore Trefon and Noël Kabuyaya.
- Publisher
- London : Zed, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [228]-230) and index.
- Language
- Translated from the French.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Kabuyaya, Noël, author.
- Other Form:
- Electronic version: Trefon, Theodore. GOMA. London : Zed Book, 2018 9781786991430 (OCoLC)1013591042
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 18-366