“Continental Drift”

Tim Butcher, a journalist for the Telegraph, set out to retrace Stanley’s 1874-1877 journey across the Congo. Was it a brave or stupid thing to do, and what did he find? How far have we come since the days of the Scramble for Africa”? I reviewed Butcher’s account of the trip, Blood River, for the Sept./Oct./Nov. issue of Bookforum, which is now online.”