Microkhan by Brendan I. Koerner

Entries Tagged as 'Congo'

Betting on the Wrong Horse

December 5th, 2011 · 1 Comment

When you’re in the midst of agonizing over the relative merits of two competing technologies, the choice can seem oh-so-important. I still have vivid memories, for example, of the raging household debate that surrounded my family’s selection of a first computer—the Mac and the Amiga both had points in their favor, after all. But in […]

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Bulletproof: The Mai Mai

November 12th, 2009 · Comments Off on Bulletproof: The Mai Mai

Our second installment of the Bulletproof Project takes us to the eastern Congo, where Mai Mai militiamen have been wreaking awful havoc for years now. These soldiers are known not only for their brutality, but also their unwavering faith in dawa, or sinister magic. This belief became apparent to Western observers during the violent upheaval […]

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