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# Child Witch Kinshasa: Volume 1

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- **What is this?** Child Witch Kinshasa: Volume 1 by mike ormsbyvictor jalba soimarusteven miscandlonangela nicoaramatthew young
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Simply brilliant!
  

*by R***O on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 August 2015*

Brilliant book - so much packed into it. Other reviews have told you about the subject and storyline so I wont repeat all of it - but you should know that what you get here is an insight into a culture that appears so far removed from our own and yet full of human frailty and emotion that we instantly identify with it. You understand what Dudu is going through even if the very idea of being accused of being witch is something we see as belonging to the Dark Ages, not the space ages. We follow his progress as he escapes the barbaric consequences of the false accusation and begins a journey to who knows where - a journey that is fraught with danger and takes Dudu into the full harshness of reality in post civil war DRC where superstition and danger lurk around every corner. He and his travel companion, a much harder and aware fellow who has been robbed of his innocence and trust and has learned to live off his wits as he searches for his brother. Their relationship is central to the desperate adventure.The background and context is provided by the story of Frank, a journalist working for a US NGO attempting to train journalists and make a real difference but being frustrated in the process by post war politics and people following agendas of their own. He becomes aware of the child witch superstition and the resulting abuse of innocent children and finds himself drawn to it.If all this wasn't enough we also get the backdrop of Frank's long suffering wife back in suburban UK struggling to run a family with an addition on the way whilst worrying about her absentee partner.A wonderfully complex novel written in a cleverly relaxed style filled with drama, excitement, education and humour. If like me you have never been to Africa, you will feel as though you have when you put the book down.Should be book of the year!Looking forward to reading the sequel.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Child Witch Kinshasha
  

*by J***I on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 March 2018*

I chose this rating not because this is a literary piece of genius but because it is a great story, well told with earnest and unpretentious humour and easy style. The subject matter however is rare and important. The book exposes a world where mainstream beliefs based on fear and ignorance are so fickle and destructive that children’s  lives can be at best wrecked and sent hurtling in a direction of destitution and extreme vulnerability at worst ending in the most inhuman cruel treatment. The fragility of life in such a society is palpable. Yet the book makes this context accessible through the eyes of a quirky characters you can relate to, like or dislike, and a humour that really grows on you.I say read this book !

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    An important book, and a good read
  

*by A***B on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2014*

This book needs a wide readership. Not only for the deeply-felt but utterly unsentimental story of likable characters in a tragic farce, but to understand something of the real and continuing horror of life for so many in Congo.If I’d not been given this book, I doubt very much that I’d have bought it, not wanting to encounter something horrid in the dark continent. But I’m grateful that I did.A writer who can make a witty and compelling story of the brutal and the brutalised, Mike Ormsby creates rich and credible characters: Dudu, a sweet-natured innocent discarded like a broken toy, Frank, the innocent abroad who wants to help and only makes things worse; and Ruth, his pregnant, pissed-off wife left to cope in London. A full cast of misfits, villains, do-gooders, bullshitters and clay-footed saints are all drawn in detail to make this a remarkably human and oddly optimistic book.Ormsby paints Congo as a steamy kaleidoscope, so rich in sensual detail that it was a shock to look up from the book and find myself in Europe; the London settings seem bland and soft by contrast, although I loved Ormsby’s Richmond Park.I have to get the sequel ASAP – the ending of this book is an intake of breath before the water closes over one’s head.

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