by Jean Ziegler · Tropea · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788843803156
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«L'oro del Maniema» is the novel by Jean Ziegler, published by Tropea in paperback (222 pages, in Italian).
The novel is set in the Congo of 1962, when the country is trying to consolidate its independence after the assassination of Patrice Lumumba. Its protagonist, Thomas, an African revolutionary leader educated in the West, faces Belgian mercenaries and the mining interests of Maniema; in that conflict, his political commitment crosses paths with his love for Isabel.
Italian edition of 2001, with translation by R. Salvadori; the original German title is Das Gold von Maniema (1999).
Recommended for readers of historical and political fiction focused on African decolonization.
Jean Ziegler is a Swiss former professor of sociology at the University of Geneva and the Sorbonne, Paris, and former vice-president of the Advisory Committee to the United Nations Human Rights Council. He was previously Member of the Swiss Parliament for the Social Democrats from 1981 to 1999. He has also held several positions with the United Nations, especially as Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food from 2000 to 2008, and as a member of the Advisory Committee of the UN Human Rights Council from 2008 to 2012. Ziegler has authored numerous works, is a lecturer, and is well known for this sentence: "A child who dies from hunger is a murdered child."
