Mama Koko and the Hundred Gunmen: An Ordinary Family's Extraordinary Tale of Love, Loss, and Survival in Congo

by Lisa J. Shannon

Book Overview

Driven by her family's devastating losses, Congolese expatriate Francisca Thelin embarks, with human rights activist Lisa J. Shannon, on a perilous journey back to her beloved homeland, now under the shadow of one of Africa's most feared militias -- Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army. With gunmen camped at the edge of town, Francisca is forced to face a paralyzing clash between her life in America and her family's rapidly evaporating world -- and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1610394453
• ISBN13: 9781610394451
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.3"