Uncovering Congo

Lying 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
Case"

Adam Hochschild, author of "King Leopold's Ghost," lecturer at Graduate School of Journalism at Berkely