to a people feared near and far,
a nation mighty and conquering
whose land the rivers divide.”
A very twisted reading indeed, for if there was in the African Great Lakes a nation of “tall” people, it would be the Tutsi Rwandans, the archenemies of the Congolese. When all this happened, I don’t have a clue. But The Holy Bible had effectively done its damage…and today most Congolese live with the expectation that Armageddon---and the ensuing high---might strike anytime!
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Alex Engwete is a Congolese-American who lives in Kinshasa (DRC) and Washington, DC. Outrage at injustices is what usually stirs him into blogging in French or in English. He likes Congolese beers and drinks "Samuel Adams" while in the United (
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