Zaire by Chance, Congo by Design

by Machi Tanaka

The Congo River runs through jungle-covered central Africa. This travelogue was inspired by two journeys along that river, twenty-one years apart. The first, on a crammed and noisy ONATRA boat, the second in a flimsy wooden rowing boat, surrounded by the greatness of nature. Writer and translator Machi Tanaka steers the reader through life in the Democratic Republic of the Congo-previously Zaire-in this personal, powerful, and richly illustrated travel journal.

20 x 14 cm, 303 pages, Full-colour and black-and-white illustrations
First published June 2015