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| Title: | Out of Assa, Heart of the Congo
: Medical Adventures in Central Africa |
| Author: | Glenn W Geelhoed |
| ISBN: | 0966930509 : 9780966930504 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 346 |
| Weight: | .48 Kg. |
| Published: | J & S Publishing Co Inc - December 1999 |
| List Price: | 10.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Biography & autobiography: general: MEDICINE: AFRICA |
This is a true story about Dr Geelhoed's medical volunteerism in a small village in The Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is a journalistic account of his most recent visit to Assa during the summer of 1998. The book is a rich portrait of the people and problems of a small, impoverished village in the Congo. Ravaged by continuing civil war, persistent poverty and disease, and neglected by all but plunderers, the resilient people of Assa manage to survive, doing more with less. Their spirit proves to him -- and to you -- that there is more than beasts, birds, and bush in the Congo: there is Heart in the Darkness.
