"A major contribution to the colonial history of rural Zaire. This is social history at its best."-Jan Vansina, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Allen F. Isaacman, University of Minnesota
"Riveting. A major social and economic history of the Zairian countryside. In Likaka's skillful hands, readers become aware of the brutal monotony of the cotton regime and the contradictions within it, and of the ways African growers creatively adapted to and, at times, struggled against the exploitative colonial practices."-Allen F. Isaacman, University of Minnesota
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