Deborah talks with experts about the history of Kisangani and Zaire, and the role the area played in the Cold War. Jeffrey Herbst, the director of African Studies and a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University, says that Zaire played an important strategic role when tensions ran high between the U-S and the Soviet Union. Michael Schatzberg (SHOTZ-burg), a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, discusses the connection between the nation's past rebels in Stanleyville and the current group of rebels who are challenging the authority of President Mobutu Sese Seko.
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