The Most Unconventional Weapon. Daniel Bergner.
by Bergner, Daniel; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 302Human Relations. Publisher: New York Times Magazine, 2003ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Cannibalism | Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions | Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War (1996- ) | Ethnic relations | Human rights -- Congo (Democratic Republic)DDC classification: 050 Summary: "The inflicting of vengeance and spreading of terror--aspects of war that are as modern as they are ancient--have played a part in Congo's cannibalism." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article reveals how Pygmies in northeastern Congo have accused rebels of cannibalism, a tactic used to terrorize victims as well as part of a belief "that by eating another man's heart (especially the heart of a Pygmy, whose people are considered the original tribe of the country, possessors of a primal strength) a man can make himself bulletproof."| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: The Most Unconventional Weapon, Oct. 26, 2003; pp. 48-53.
"The inflicting of vengeance and spreading of terror--aspects of war that are as modern as they are ancient--have played a part in Congo's cannibalism." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article reveals how Pygmies in northeastern Congo have accused rebels of cannibalism, a tactic used to terrorize victims as well as part of a belief "that by eating another man's heart (especially the heart of a Pygmy, whose people are considered the original tribe of the country, possessors of a primal strength) a man can make himself bulletproof."
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