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Tshilemalema Mukenge. Culture and Customs of the Congo. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2002. xx + 204 pp. Photographs. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. $45.00. Cloth.
The third installment in the Greenwood Culture and Customs of Africa series, Tshilemalema Mukenge's book may seem at first glance a fact-oriented survey of one of Africa's richest and most complex countries. But as one sifts through the chapters, the book indeed delivers on its promise to "capture the elements of continuity and change in culture and customs" (viii). It is divided into eight chapters, including an introduction that provides some solid background information. From religion to architecture, music and marriage, Mukenge never loses sight of Congo's diversity through examples drawn from various regional groups.
Chapter 3, for example, devoted to literature and media,...