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By the Grace of God
A memoir of the author's life in Congo and her family's struggles against the backdrop of unrest and civil war
The Rumble in the Jungle
The 1974 fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, staged in the young nation of Zaire and dubbed the Rumble in the Jungle, was arguably the biggest sporting event of the twentieth century. The bout between an ascendant undefeated champ and an outspoken master trying to reclaim the throne was a true multimedia spectacle. A three-day festival of international music—featuring James Brown, Miriam Makeba, and many others—preceded the fight itself, which was viewed by a record-breaking one billion people worldwide. Lewis A. Erenberg’s new book provides a global perspective on this singular match, not only detailing the titular fight but also locating it at the center of the cultural dramas of the day. TheRumble in the Jungle orbits around Ali and Foreman, placing them at the convergence of the American Civil Rights movement and the Great Society, the rise of Islamic and African liberation efforts, and the ongoing quest to cast off the shackles of colonialism. With his far-reaching take on sports, music, marketing, and mass communications, Erenberg shows how one boxing match became nothing less than a turning point in 1970s culture.
By the Grace of God
What do Monica Lewinsky, Nancy Kerrigan, Mary Jo Buttafuocco and Hillary Clinton have in common? They were all sabotaged by other women.Since the controversy stirred by Woman to Woman, the Chicago Tribune 1987 Business Book of the Year, Dr. Judith Briles has spoken to thousands of women about this insidious problem permeating politics, business, media and relationships. Her latest edition reveals a 45% increase in sabotaging incidences and offers strategies to deal with this destructive behavior and a game plan to restore a healthy home and workplace.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Provides an overview of the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo, including its history, geography, people, culture, government, and economy. Also references current web sites for further research.
Book Review Index
Vols. 8-10 of the 1965-1984 master cumulation constitute a title index.
Imagining the Congo
Understanding the current civil war in the Congo requires an examination of how the Congo's identity has been imagined over time. Imagining the Congo historicizes and contextualizes the constructions of the Congo's identity in order to analyze the political implications of that identity, looking in detail at four historical periods in which the identity of the Congo was contested, with numerous forces attempting to produce and attach meanings to its territory and people. Dunn looks specifically at how what he calls 'imaginings' of the Congo have allowed the current state of affairs there to develop, but he also looks at the broader conceptual question of how the concept of identity has developed and become important in recent international relations scholarship.
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