We've all heard of the American dream and, more recently, the French dream. But is there such a thing as a Congolese dream? If so, has it ever been uttered, and by whom? How can it be distinguished from other dreams? Finally, what is its political, socio-cultural and economic usefulness? Tshombe attempts to answer these and many other questions. To speak of a nation's dream is to explore the forces that structure it, both horizontally (between contemporaries)...