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Congo is a 1980 science fiction novel by Michael Crichton, the fifth under his own name and the fifteenth overall. The novel centers on an expedition searching for diamonds and investigating the mysterious deaths of a previous expedition in the dense tropical rainforest of the Congo .
Congo: The Epic History of a People (original Dutch title: Congo.Een geschiedenis) is a 639 page non-fiction book by David Van Reybrouck, first published in 2010.It describes the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from the prehistory until the present, with the main focus on the period from the Belgian colonisation until the book's release.
Crichton did the screenplay for Congo after he wrote and directed Looker (1981). [48] [47] Looker was a financial disappointment. Crichton came close to directing a film of Congo with Sean Connery, but the film did not happen. [49] Eventually, a film version was made in 1995 by Frank Marshall. In 1984, Telarium released a graphic adventure ...
Congo, a 1980 novel by Michael Crichton Congo, a 1995 film based on the novel; Congo (chess variant), using a 7×7 gameboard; Congo, a 1995 pinball machine; Congo, a 2001 nature documentary; Congo – A Political Tragedy, a 2018 documentary film; Congo: The Epic History of a People, a 2010 book by David van Reybrouck
The Congos are a reggae vocal group from Jamaica which formed as the duo "Ashanti" Roy Johnson (tenor) (b. Roydel Johnson, 1947, Hanover, Jamaica) and Cedric Myton (falsetto) (b. 1947, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica), later becoming a trio with the addition of Watty Burnett (baritone) (b. early 1950s, Port Antonio, Jamaica), [1] [2] and have been active on and off from the mid-1970s until the ...
Roydel Anthony Johnson (born 12 April 1943), better known as Congo Ashanti Roy is a Jamaican reggae singer best known as a member of The Congos but who also recorded solo and as a member of Ras Michael's Sons of Negus.
When Mobutu was deposed in 1997, Tabu Ley returned to Kinshasa and took up a position as a cabinet minister in the government of new President Laurent Kabila.Following Kabila's death, Tabu Ley then joined the appointed transitional parliament created by Joseph Kabila, until it was dissolved following the establishment of the inclusive transitional institutions.
The Gun Club were formed by Jeffrey Lee Pierce (guitar and vocals) with friend, chief of the Ramones fan club and fellow music enthusiast Brian Tristan, also known as Kid Congo Powers. [3] Pierce was the former head of the Blondie fan club in Los Angeles and previously a member of the Red Lights, the E-Types, the Individuals , Phast Phreddie ...