Mama Koko and the hundred gunmen : an ordinary family's extraordinary tale of love, loss, and survival in Congo / Lisa Shannon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shannon, Lisa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thelin, Francisca.

Women and war--Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Women and war.

War victims--Democratic Republic of the Congo.

War victims.

Atrocities--Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Atrocities.

Democratic Republic of the Congo--Social conditions--21st century.

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Lord's Resistance Army.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Public Affairs, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

International human rights activist Lisa Shannon spent many afternoons at the kitchen table having tea with her friend Francisca Thelin, who often spoke of her childhood in Congo. Thelin would conjure vivid images of lush flower gardens, fish the size of small children, and of children running barefoot through her family's coffee plantation, gorging on fruit from the robust and plentiful mango trees. She urged Shannon to visit her family in Dungu, to get a taste of real Congo, peaceful Congo; a place so different than the conflict-ravaged places Shannon knew from her activism work.But then the

Contents:

Maps of Dungu and Region; Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen; Epilogue, or Tale of Many Termites; What You Can Do Before Setting This Book Down; Appendix: Congo and Joseph Kony; List of Characters; Author's Note; Notes; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61039-446-1