Democratic Republic of the CongoDiversity is the spice of life, and the highly regarded Cultures of the World series celebrates just that in fully updated, and expanded editions. As has always been true of these outstanding titles, an abundance of vibrant photographs -- including those new to this edition -- stimulate the imaginations of young readers as they travel the globe. A new chapter on the environment focuses on politics and economics as well as on endangered species and the effects of industrialization. Additional authentic recipes add general interest while new maps offer further, easy-to-find facts in "About the Geography, " "About the Culture" and "About the Economy" sections. |
Contents
GEOGRAPHY | 7 |
Mining district Northern forests Eastern border Plants | 22 |
GOVERNMENT | 37 |
A young refugee on the 47 ECONOMY | 59 |
LIFESTYLE | 69 |
RELIGION | 81 |
LANGUAGE | 89 |
ARTS 00 | 95 |
LEISURE | 103 |
FESTIVALS | 109 |
FOOD | 115 |
QUICK NOTES | 124 |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
African AIDS animal army arrived became Belgian Belgium called carved cassava Catholic causes celebrate Central African chicken Christian church clothes colonial Congo River Congolese considered cooked copper country's create dancing Democratic Republic east European festival fish forces foreign forest French GLUCOSE gorillas ground groups grow hand HENRY MORTON STANLEY huge human important independence Ituri forest jungle Kabila Kasai Katanga killed king kingdom Kinshasa Kisangani Kiswahili known Kongo Lake language live Lubumbashi meaning miles million mining missionaries Mobutu once Opposite parties play political population president produce Pygmies rebel refugees region remain roads rule Rwanda schools served Shaba slaves South Stanley town traditional traveled trees usually village wear women young Zaïre