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in touch with André through embassy staff and received a list of things that André needed for the
zoo and the bonobos.
“People don't realize that during a war, zoos are the last thing on people's mind, because people
are dying,” Mize told me. “They're not going to worry about a leopard or something like that.
Claudine sent us an email that basically said yes she needed help and she was trying to take care
of the zoo animals, too.”
Sally Jewell Coxe and Alison Mize contacted everyone they knew in the bonobo and zoo
world, and raised $3,500. None of the banks in Kinshasa were working, so they wired the money
via Western Union to a lieutenant colonel in Brazzaville. The woman got the cash in Congolese
currency, put it in a backpack, took it over the river, and gave it to Claudine.
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Using the folktales
Sally did much of the work with Mupenda Bin Muzumbi, known as Pastor
Bin, whom she'd met through the church in 1994. Pastor Bin's younger brother, Bienvenu (liter-
ally, “Welcome”), who lived in Kinshasa, would become one of BCI's senior staff. Two of Pastor
Bin's daughters sang to the music of Wynne Paris.
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She was able to get
According to Sally, Karl Ammann, the wildlife photographer and conser-
vationist cited on several occasions in this topic, took a recording to the MLC Ugandan-occupied
side, who agreed to broadcast it.
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In the DRC, Sally
Sally met Jean-Marie Benishay through Z, who had two NGOs, one for wo-
men's literacy and the second for conflict resolution. Jean-Marie Benishay had approached Sally
after finishing his degree at the University of Kinshasa. He was from a poor family and had suc-
ceeded in his studies, having done a thesis on bonobo social structure. He later left BCI because he
wanted to live in North America and pursue other work.
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Her primary Congolese partner
Among the many titles Mwanza has held are the following:
secrétaire permanent du Conseil Scientifique National (CSN), directeur générale of CREF, and
permanent secretary of the Center for Scientific Research. Now he is officially directeur général
du Centre de Recherche Multidisciplinaire pour le Développement/Matadi (CRMD/Matadi).
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The two strongest influences
In
Zaire: A Country Study
, Thomas Turner and Sandra W. Meditz
write: “State, church, and business thus constituted what was called, even by Belgian officials,
the 'colonial trinity.' It was not simply a question of the state's taking care of administration, the
church of evangelization, and the business community of economic development. Rather, the tasks
of the three overlapped and reinforced one another” (xxxvii).
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The broadcasts also discussed
One BCI board member, Ted Green, had studied AIDS preven-
tion in Africa, documenting the success of the ABC model (abstain, be faithful, and use condoms)
when it was transmitted through what, inside the Beltway, people call FBOs—faith-based organiz-
ations. BCI has a similar vision in the Congo and continues to work on this, trying to fund further
radio education that would involve musicians, religious figures, and other leaders speaking to the
Congolese about conservation, environmental issues, and other subjects.
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As for the CIA
During this time, Mobutu swindled the IMF and World Bank repeatedly, bullying
them into giving him loans. Michela Wrong gives an excellent account of his tactics in
In the Foot-
steps of Mr. Kurtz
, 196-216.
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When a new person comes
In
Facing the Congo
, Jeffrey Tayler describes his 1995 journey on
the Congo River, during which he frequently encountered people who believed that he was looking
for diamonds or gold rather than simply adventure. See
Facing the Congo: A Modern-Day Journey
into the Heart of Darkness
(New York: Three Rivers Press, 2000), 91.
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He and his researchers
The center was established by the Institut de Recherche Scientifique
pour Afrique Central (IRSAC). IRSAC's centers had been hugely productive during and after the
colonial period, supplying Europe with much of what the scientific community knew about Cent-
ral Africa.
