The room smelt close and unwholesome; the walls were dirt-discoloured; and the ceiling blackened. There was an old smoky bust over the mantel-shelf, and a dusty clock above the dock […]

The first item that caught my attention was the Rape Rack: the machine to which cows are strapped while they are “artificially inseminated” repeatedly until conception.

I love Valentine, Whose life's as tender to me as my soul!

In the early months of 1998, Kabila's army was a loose pastiche of kadogo, Katangan Tigers, and new recruits.