The Rape of a Nation

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.