Blood river

By Tim Butcher

Subjects: Congo (democratic republic), history, Congo (democratic republic), description and travel, Description and travel, Congo river, Travel

Description: The author recounts his audacious and perilous quest through the Congo as he retraced the 1874 expedition of explorer H. M. Stanley to map the Congo River, traveling alone with an assortment of vehicles, including a motorbike and dugout canoe, and aided by characters ranging from U.N. aid workers to a pygmy-rights advocate.