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Uncovering Congo

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photoLying at the very heart of Africa, Congo's history of dictators, coups, material wealth and plunder is a study in post-colonial history. Now, with more than three million dead in five years of fighting, history is being made again.

Guests:

Jason Beaubian, NPR Africa Correpondent

Philip Gourevitch, staff writer at "The New Yorker," author of "We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda," and "A Cold
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Adam Hochschild, author of "King Leopold's Ghost," lecturer at Graduate School of Journalism at Berkely

This program aired on June 24, 2003.

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