Title: The Rape of a Nation
Photographer(s): Marcus Bleasdale
Writer(s): John le Carré
Designer(s): Heijdens Karwei
Publisher(s): Mets & Schilt, Amsterdam, The Netherland
Year: 2009
Print run:
Language(s): English
Pages: 240
Size: 17.5 x 24 cm
Binding: Hardcover
Edition:
Print: Wachter GmbH, Bönnigheim, Germany
Nation(s) and year(s) of Protest: Democratic Republic of Congo, 2004-2009
ISBN: 9789053306710
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is home to the deadliest war in the world today. An estimated 5.4 million people have died since 1998, the largest death toll since the Second World War. The people living in the mining towns of eastern Congo are among the worst off. Militia groups and government forces battle on a daily basis for control of the mineral-rich areas where they can exploit gold, coltan, cassiterite and diamonds. Marcus Bleasdale has spent more than seven years covering the brutal conflict within the borders of the Democratic Republic of Congo.