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Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness
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Romanticizing Poverty Tourism – Douglas J. La Rose – San Diego, USA
I’ve never been to the DRC or the Congo, so I have no experience with Tayler’s destination. What strikes me about his obviously contrived writing, however, is a tendency to turn tragedy, danger, and despair into some kind of carnivalesque form of entertainment. Tayler is constantly being attacked and hustled by the sweaty native Other, incessantly being haggled for money and favors. In his position of power, what is he to expect? There is an underlying colonial-style theme to his writing which places him as the observer and the Congolese as the observed. Why travel to a war-torn southern nation that is notorious for its poverty and despair because of the stated reason that you are having an identity crisis? I feel like this is purely poverty tourism. All of my travels to Africa (much of West Africa) have surprised me in that they never reek of the horror that is expressed about them in books such as these. Much of Africa consists of small, friendly, and good-willed villages that are founded on subsistence economies. The starkness of Kinshasa and the Congo river in the 1990s is quite a suspicious choice for trying to resolve an identity crisis.
Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey into the Heart of Darkness: : Faced with an identity crisis in his work and his life, seasoned traveler and journalist Jeffrey Tayler made a bold decision. He would leave behind his mundane existence in Moscow to re-create the legendary British explorer Henry Stanley’s trip down the Congo in a dugout canoe, stocked with food, medicine, and even a gun-toting guide. But once his tiny boat pushed off the banks of this mysterious river, Tayler realized he was in a place where maps and supplies would have no bearing on his survival. As Tayler navigates this immense waterway, he encounters a land of smothering heat and intense rains, wary villagers, corrupt officials and dead-eyed soldiers demanding bribes, jungle animals, mosquitoes, and, surprisingly, breathtaking natural beauty.
Filled with honesty and rich description, Facing the Congo is a sophisticated depiction of today’s Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country brought to its knees by a succession of despotic leaders. But most mportant, Tayler’s stunning narrative is a deeply satisfying personal journey of fear and awakening, with a message that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt compelled, whether in life or in fantasy, to truly explore and experience our world. – read more.
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