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” Throw in a global pandemic and a nationwide movement for social justice

Her mom showed them how to think for themselves

Publication Date: July 13

**Shortlisted for the 2023 Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing**

“With tenderhearted characters and an immaculate balance of realistic dialogue and lyrical prose” (BuzzFeed)

Congo Masquerade The Forever Desert ” Throw in a globalCongo Masquerade is about mismanagement, hypocrisy and powerlessness in what has proved to be one of Africa's most troublesome and volatile states. In this scathing study of catastrophic aid inefficiency, Trefon argues that whilst others have examined war and plunder in the Great Lakes region, none have yet evaluated the imported 'template format' reform package pieced together to introduce democracy and improve the well being of ordinary Congolese.