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Ever Green is a terrific and smart book, delving into the science of forests and why they‘re important to the planet, then reaching further to human interactions with forests and how the economics actually favor forest conservation. Absolutely superb read that looks at many spots around the world, including #RepublicofCongo.

#ReadingAfrica2022

There is no joy in this book, about “forced African labor” to build a railroad across #Congo to the Pacific in the 1920-30s. “Recruited” (often captured) from #Chad all the way to Congo, they were chained together when walking or standing for weeks on end on river barges to their work sites. Forced to work under pain of death with practically nothing to eat (less than fed to Nazi concentration camp victims) using no tools to clear forests & dig ⬇️

#readingafrica2022 challenge update. I‘m currently reading books for #Chad (tagged book), #WesternSahara, #Kenya (for #foodandlit) and will start tomorrow an audiobook for the #RepublicofCongo. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

This is my next audiobook. For #RepublicofCongo #readingAfrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

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Using for:
#ReadingAfrica2022 #republicofcongo (he's not there much but it's a tricky country to find a book for!) @BarbaraBB
#192025 #2012 @Librarybelle
#booked2022 #titlerepeatsitself (alliteration with the c's) @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
#pop22 #reflectedimage @Cortg @KarenUK @Megabooks @Kalalalatja @Laughterhp @RaeLovesToRead @squirrelbrain

I nabbed this one to read for #RepublicofCongo, but turns out it‘s set in #DRC! Oh well. It was entertaining enough that I kept listening, though truthfully I didn‘t pay that much attention to it. It‘s a wildly implausible, back-to-back action, cinematic, gory book. With one token female, natch. This one is like masculine fluff.

I‘m my never-ending quest to find books for the #readingAfrica2022 challenge I came across this excellent article about 3 writers from the Republic of Congo (as opposed to the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

https://theculturetrip.com/africa/congo/articles/three-writers-from-the-republic...

Unfortunately the books appear to be pretty hard to find and most of them look very good. #republicofcongo

I finally finished this short memoir (non-fiction and me are not really friends); it‘s more about the country and the author‘s family than the author. It makes me possibly want to read more by the author and more myths of the Congo. Full review at https://mydearwatsonbooks.wordpress.com.

#passportlitsy #republicofcongo #nonfiction #memoir #ontotransnistria

Finally getting started on my second book for #passportlitsy. It was hard to find a book for the #RepublicofCongo and not the #DemocraticRepublicofCongo (because yes, there‘s a difference).

#nonfiction #memoir