"Urgent, rigorous and deeply humane. Required reading for anyone serious about the geopolitics of the energy transition."
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A rare book that refuses easy answers — it forces policymakers and citizens alike to reckon with the true price of the energy transition, and dares to imagine a more just alternative.
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"It connects the dots between the boardroom, the mine and the geopolitical chessboard with remarkable clarity. I couldn't put it down — and I couldn't stop thinking about it afterward."
"A scholarly yet accessible account that belongs on every university and policy-school reading list."
"Mudekereza writes with the precision of an analyst and the moral clarity of an advocate. This is the conversation we should have been having for years."
"Essential context for anyone working on critical-mineral supply chains. It reframes 'security' to include the people too often left out of the equation."
"Balanced, brave and timely. It treats the Congo not as a backdrop but as the protagonist of its own story."
"I assigned it the week I finished it. My students have never argued so passionately about a single text."
"Few writers can hold the geopolitical and the personal in the same frame. Mudekereza does — and the result is unforgettable."
"A model of how to write about complexity without losing the reader — or the moral thread."
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