Kivu: Journeys Through Eastern Congo in a Time of Rebellion & Cold War

Frederic Hunter

$16.80

Publication Date: May 3rd, 2022

Publisher:

Cune Press

ISBN:

9781951082031

Pages:

132

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Description

We are witnessing the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. One in 113 people in the world are currently displaced. 22.5 million have been forced to leave home due to war, violence, and persecution. (globalgiving.org) And this number will only increase as Climate Change kicks in.In the meantime, our economy is suffering from a trade war with China, tariffs on our allies, and a growing realization that-even in this era of "post-globalization"-the US is deeply connected to the rest of the world and can't survive in isolation.In this context, the experience of US Foreign Service Officers as well as travelers of all types in far flung parts of the world has great value and is essential if we are to forge ahead in this multi-polar world.Census and State Department data tells us that 21.4 million passports were issued in 2016, the most ever.42 percent of Americans in 2016 held a passport, a growth of 15 percent since 2007. (In 1990, only 4 percent of Americans had a passport.)Passport data signals a growing audience of Americans who have engaged in foreign travel and with whom memoirs of Americans in foreign lands may wall resonate.

About the Author

Frederic Hunter served as a Foreign Service Officer in the United States Information Service in Brussels, Belgium, and, shortly after its independence, at three posts in the Republic of the Congo: Bukavu, Coquilhatville, and Léopoldville. He later became the Africa Correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor, based in Nairobi. A playwright / screenwriter, Hunter's award-winning stage work, The Hemingway Play, was given a reading at the Eugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference, presented at Harvard University's Loeb Drama Center and produced by PBS's Hollywood Television Theater series. Other plays have been performed at the Dallas Theatre Center, ACT in San Francisco, and the Ensemble Theater in Santa Barbara. Movies Hunter has written have been produced by PBS, ABC, and CBS. His TV credits include writing for Murder, She Wrote. Research for his PBS drama Lincoln and the War Within led him to write the historical novel Abe and Molly: The Lincoln Courtship. He's taught screenwriting at the Santa Barbara Writers Conference, at UCSB, and at Principia College where he also taught Modern African Literature. Hunter's Africa experience is the basis for his novels The Girl Ran Away (Congo) and Joss, The Ambassador's Wife (Malawi). A Year at the Edge of the Jungle is his sixth book. Fred Hunter uses a monthly newsletter to stay in contact with his readers. He also blogs at www.TravelsinAfrica.com.