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Author Shannon, Lisa, 1975- author.

Title Mama Koko and the hundred gunmen : an ordinary family's extraordinary tale of love, loss, and survival in Congo / Lisa J. Shannon.

Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs, 2014.
©2015

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  305.9069 SHANNON    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  967.51 SH    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description vii, 213 pages : maps ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 209).
Contents Mama Koko and the hundred gunmen -- Epilogue, or a tale of many termites -- What you can do before setting this book down -- Appendix: Congo and Joseph Kony.
Summary "Driven by her family's devastating losses, Congolese expatriate Francisca Thelin embarks, with human rights activist Lisa J. Shannon, on a perilous journey back to her beloved homeland, now under the shadow of one of Africa's most feared militias--Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. With gunmen camped at the edge of town, Francisca is forced to face a paralyzing clash between her life in America and her family's rapidly evaporating world--and the reality that their rush to her family's aid may backfire"--Dust jacket flap.
Subject Thelin, Francisca.
Thelin, Francisca -- Family.
Shannon, Lisa, 1975- -- Travel -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Kony, Joseph.
Lord's Resistance Army.
Women and war -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
War victims -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Atrocities -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congolese (Democratic Republic) -- United States -- Biography.
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Added Title Mama Koko and the 100 gunmen
Mama Koko and the one hundred gunmen
ISBN 9781610394451 (hardcover)
1610394453 (hardcover)
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