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03471aam a2200505 i 4500 001 7E055B54840911E89478B85797128E48 003 SILO 005 20180710010618 008 171211t20182018inu 000 1 eng c 010 $a 2017045602 020 $a 0253031907 020 $a 9780253031907 035 $a (OCoLC)985074641 040 $a PUL $b eng $e rda $c PUL $d OCLCF $d DLC $d OCLCO $d IGA $d OCLCA $d SILO 041 1 $a eng $h fre 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-cg--- 050 4 $a PQ3989.3.B645 $b C6613 2018 082 00 $a 843/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Bofane, In Koli Jean, $d 1954- $e author. 240 10 $a Congo Inc. $l English 245 10 $a Congo Inc. : $b Bismarck's testament / $c In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Marjolijn de Jager ; foreword by Dominic Thomas. 246 3 $a Congo Incorporated 264 1 $a Bloomington, Indiana : $b Indiana University Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xix, 189 pages ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Global African voices 505 0 $a Foreword / by Dominic Thomas -- Lands and Times -- Who Are You? -- Paper Tiger -- Inaudible Screams -- Persistent Turmoil -- The Women They Kill -- The World Is Yours -- Eternal Dragon -- Compromise of Principles -- Please Read the Attached Note -- Chance Eloko Pamba -- Game Over! -- Epilogue. 520 $a "To the sound of machine gun fire and the smell of burning flesh, award-winning author In Koli Jean Bofane leads readers on a perilous, satirical journey through the civil conflict and political instability that have been the logical outcome of generations of rapacious multinational corporate activity, corrupt governance, widespread civil conflict, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation in Africa. Isookanga, a Congolese Pygmy, grows up in a small village with big dreams of becoming rich. His vision of the world is shaped by his exploits in Raging Trade, an online game where he seizes control of the world's natural resources by any means possible: high-tech weaponry, slavery, and even genocide. Isookanga leaves his sleepy village to make his fortune in the pulsating capital Kinshasa, where he joins forces with street children, warlords, and a Chinese victim of globalization in this blistering novel about capitalism, colonialism, and the world haunted by the ghosts of Bismarck and Leopold II. Told with just enough levity to make it truly heartbreaking, Congo Inc. is a searing tale about ecological, political, and economic failure."-- $c Provided by publisher. 546 $a Translated to English from the French. 650 0 $a Pygmies $z Congo (Democratic Republic) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Young men $z Congo (Democratic Republic) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Globalization $z Congo (Democratic Republic) $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Globalization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00943532 650 7 $a Pygmies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01084537 650 7 $a Young men. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01183263 651 7 $a Congo (Democratic Republic) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208723 650 7 $a FICTION / Political. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a FICTION / Satire. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423787 700 1 $a De Jager, Marjolijn, $e translator. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Bofane, In Koli Jean, 1954- $t Congo Inc. $d Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2018] $z 9780253031914 $w (DLC) 2017060826 830 0 $a Global African voices. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20190212024040.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7E055B54840911E89478B85797128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search