IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE
Hochschild, Adam. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
The story of King Leopold's colonization of Congo in the 19th century and of the appalling effects on the indigenous population.

Kingsolver, Barbara. The Poisonwood Bible. New York: HarperCollins, 1998.
A novel set in the 1950s, about a Baptist missionary family that arrives in Congo during the period of unrest just before independence.

Mudimbe, V.Y. The Rift. Translated by Marjolijn De Jager. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993.
Mudimbe's third novel follows the diary of a young African historian whose goal is to shatter stereotypes of Africa perpetuated by Western historians. 

Newman, Gerald. Zaire, Gabon and the Congo. New York: Franklin Watts, 1981.
An introduction for young people to three countries in equatorial Africa that are known for their dense rain forests and mineral wealth.

 WEB SITES

http://www.mytravelguide.com/countries/zaire
http://www.undp.org/missions/drcongo