Kinshasa

by Hubert Kabasubabu Katulondi

It is a novel in which the author portrays the Congo in 2025. The story evolves around a congolese who migrated to the US as child (as his father was pursued by the late dictator Mobutu's praetorian guards) and was educated there. He became a Major in the US AIRFORCE and also a specialist in missile navigation technology. When his uncle dies in Kinshasa, in 2025, he returns there with his father for the funerals. However, at that time (2025) islamists have become very active in the Congo where they procure uranium. The Americano-congolese (Major Gordon Madima) gets tangled in a suspense filled sequence of events when his father dies in an explosion attributed to the Lebano-pakistanis web that operates in Kinshasa. Nevertheless, using his military expertise, Major Madima uncovers a conspiracy to overthrow the governement and becomes a friend of the Congolese President in 2025, the evangelical socio-democrat Dr Ubang. It is in fact a novel-essay that provides a debate by several characte