{"product_id":"kivu-journeys-in-eastern-congo-1963-1965-9781951082550","title":"Kivu: Journeys in Eastern Congo, 1963 - 1965","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a young Foreign Service officer, Frederic Hunter was assigned to the Congo in 1963, three years after independence. He expected to encounter heat, jungle, hardship, violence. Instead he found the Kivu, a kind of paradise, nestled among Rift Valley lakes. The climate was benign, the beauty extraordinary. It was peaceful, the people were splendid and got along. He lived in Bukavu, a town that occupied five peninsulas jutting into Lake Kivu. Furthermore, an African king lived atop the nearby green and often fog-bound mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir lets you accompany these Kivu adventures. We get to know Hunter’s Number One Congolese colleague, a womanizing rogue. We meet local politicians who attend a luncheon and discuss strategies for victory in the coming election—seemingly oblivious to the point that they are competing against one another for the post. There are expats: an American academic intoxicated by Africa, a missionary woman who has lost track of time. Hunter’s truck sank in a mud pit at night and he was soon surrounded by a herd of the most dangerous animals in Africa: hippos. Hunter risks more, however, when a local Kivu woman catches his eye and then steals his heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis memoir is gentle, insightful, and spirited by turns. It offers glimpses of a lost fragment of Africa that has since been overcome by circumstance and conflict. Kivu still lives, but it lives now in memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cune Press,US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53192361574743,"sku":"9781951082550","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/kivu-journeys-in-eastern-congo-1963-1965-9781951082550","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}