Kira Salak's the War in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Congo's Child Soldiers-- In 2003, I reported on the civil war and genocide in eastern Congo(the former Zaire). These photos show scenes of the town of Bunia, taken over by the Lendu rebel group; most of the rebel soldiers were children. U.N. forces were present as observers, but they weren't mandated to save anyone or stop any of the violence.
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
Eight-year-old Child Soldier-- The child in the helmet is carrying an AK-47.
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
Victims of Congo's Genocide-- Thousands of people were shot, raped, or hacked to death. Women and children were the most common victims. Doctors Without Borders saw hundreds of patients each day and barely had the room or resources to handle the unending influx.
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
Bunia's Refugee Camp-- The U.N. set up refugee camps for the victims of Congo's genocide. The camps were rife with cholera, and people died by the thousands.
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
Brave Souls-- Father Jo and Father Mol were two Belgian priests I met, who lived in Bunia during the worst of the violence. They risked their lives in order to help victims of the genocide.
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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DR Congo © Kira Salak 2003 |
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THE WHITE MARY
by Kira Salak
"A gripping debut novel."
Publishers Weekly Pick-of-the-Week
"There aren't many books that we hand to friends, urging,
'You have to read this.' The White Mary is one of them."
Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Riveting."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"With The White Mary, journalist Kira Salak makes a stunning
debut as a novelist. This is a story whose beauty and power
sweeps you along, like the jungle rivers that bear her heroine
into the heart of New Guinea in search of a vanished American."
--Philip Caputo
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