Trapped In The Congo Drama

About the Book

This book tells about the real drama that people of both Congo have gone through. Until now things haven’t changed yet, especially in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the situation in the eastern part of the country is still the same. The war is still maintained by those who are helping rebel groups to invade the DR Congo in one sole objective: the illegal exploitation of natural resources of the DR Congo. By helping corrupt dictators stay in power and by always letting rival army groups fight in the DR Congo, multinational corporations—supported by strong western governments—can continue their illegal exploitation of natural resources of the DR Congo. Some of the consequences of this situation are exactly what the author describes in this book: women are being raped over and over; children are becoming orphans because their parents are getting killed in the war; and people are destabilized because they are running away from the war zones. Also, the corruption that is generalized, makes people live in very poor conditions. People who are maintaining this kind of situation in the DR Congo do not care about the social living of the population; otherwise, what a five-years-old girl, orphan with infirmity in the leg, living by herself on the street, has done wrong to be punished in this manner? Clearly, minerals and other natural resources are the source of the suffering and misery of the DR Congo people. But, even when this country has a lot of minerals, this shouldn’t be a reason to treat people less than animals. And about those natural resources which they dearly need, why can’t they just find another way to deal with people of the DR Congo so they can all benefit from them without killing many people like animals? Let be human beings and respect God, the Creator, who gave us this planet Earth to live together in peace and harmony.

About the Author

Raymond Massiala Ngoma, a DR Congo professor, was born on November 15, 1957, in Kinshasa. Both his parents were from the DR Congo province of Bas-Congo in the sector of Tshela. When he was very young, his parents separated and his mother remarried another DR Congo man. The two decided to move to Pounga-Mvouti, province of Kouilou in the Congo Republic, taking little Raymond with them. In the Congo Republic, Raymond was naturalized and became a Congo Republic citizen. With this new nationality, he could attend school in Mvouti, graduate from high school in Pointe-Noire, and get a scholarship to Warsaw City in Poland to continue his studies at Polytechnic of Warsaw. Raymond studied at the department of chemistry and chemical technology, where he earned, with honors, a master’s degree in chemistry and organic technology. He also pursued new studies and research at the department of chemical engineering and process engineering, where he defended with distinction his PhD thesis and was granted a PhD in chemical engineering and process engineering. In 1992, after his studies in Poland, Raymond went back to Brazzaville in the Congo Republic, where he stayed until 1994. But because he could not find a job there, he decided to go to Kinshasa in the DR Congo, his native country. In Kinshasa he was hired as associate professor at the Superior Institute of Applied Techniques (ISTA). He was immediately nominated vice dean of the second level of studies in ISTA. A few years later he became dean of the mechanical department. During the same period, he was hired as a part-time professor at the Superior Institute of Public Works and Construction (IBTP) in Kinshasa and at the University of Kinshasa. He was also a visiting professor at the University S. Kimbangu in Kinshasa and at the University of Bas-Congo. Because of his political views and opinions, he was forced to leave Kinshasa and the DR Congo. He went to Los Angeles, California, where he has lived for eleven years with his wife and two daughters. As a man living with a political asylum status in the United States, Professor Ngoma is working on his political vision for his country, the DR Congo. He believes there is a better way to solve the conflict in the DR Congo. He hopes to see the DR Congo become really free, really democratic, and prosperous as a country in Africa. He hopes the DR Congo will play an important role in the promotion of peace; social, cultural, and economic development; and cooperation in the world.