Congo Diary
  • Published: 18 January 2022
  • ISBN: 9781644210727
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $39.99
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Congo Diary

Episodes of the Revolutionary War in the Congo

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Ernesto Che Guevara's diary of his revolutionary struggle in Congo alongside Cuban guerrillas.

Ernesto Che Guevara's diary of his revolutionary struggle in Congo alongside Cuban guerrillas.

In April 1965, Che Guevara set out clandestinely from Havana to Congo to head a force of some 200 veteran Cuban soldiers to assist the African liberation movement against Belgian colonialists, four years after the assassination of the democratically elected socialist president of Congo, Patrice Lumumba.
 
This diary deals with what Che admits was a "failure," and he examines every painful detail about what went wrong in order to draw constructive lessons for planned future guerrilla movements. Unique among his books, Congo Diary gives us Che's brutal honesty and his story-telling ability as he recounts this fascinating episode of guerrilla warfare unblinkingly and without sugar coating or jargon. Considered by some to be Che's best book, it is also one of the few that he had a chance to edit for publication after writing it.
  • Published: 18 January 2022
  • ISBN: 9781644210727
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $39.99
Categories:

About the author

Ernesto Che Guevara

Ernesto Che Guevara was born into a middle-class family in Argentina in 1928 and trained as a doctor, but became radicalized by the poverty and hunger he witnessed in South America. He played a key role in the Cuban revolution and served in Fidel Castro's government. He then travelled to Congo to support the rebellion there, and finally to Bolivia, where with a small, committed group he initiated a revolutionary movement and was captured and executed by Bolivian and US military forces in 1967.

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Praise for Congo Diary

"Che Guevara's feats in our continent were of such magnitude that no prison or censorship could hide them from us. His life is an inspiration for every human being who loves freedom." —Nelson Mandela

"Che Guevara at the prime of his life and the height of his fame, went off to fight in the Congo. In that fleeting, anonymous passage through Africa, Che Guevara was to sow a seed that no one will destroy." —Gabriel García Márquez

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