Congo River Congo River The great Congo River (also spelled Kongo River and known as the Zaire River; ; ; ) is the second longest river in Africa, shorter only than the Nile, as well as the second largest river in the world by discharge volume, following only the Amazon. It is also the world's deepest recorded river, with measured depths in excess of . The Congo-Lualaba-Chambeshi River system has an overall length of , which makes it the world's ninth-longest river. The Chambeshi is a tributary of the Lualaba River, and "Lualaba" is the name of the Congo River upstream of
Our Lady of the Nile société qui chemine inexorablement vers l'horreur" ("With bitter and tense writing, "Our Lady of the Nile" depicts a society walking inexorably towards horror"). Brian P. Kelly of "The New Criterion" wrote that the book "is a snapshot of the social and racial conflicts that eventually led to the 1994 massacres." Madeleine LaRue of "Music & Literature" wrote that "The West has indeed too often dismissed suffering in Africa, but books like "Our Lady of the Nile" remind us why we must not be dismissive, why we must not look away." The story takes place at an all-girls lycée at the