Kivu

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The province of Kivu in the Congo is rich in rare and precious minerals such as coltan, which is vital to our modern technology. However, that wealth is coveted by so many, within the Congo or abroad, that the entire region is a permanent bloodbath. Francois Daans, a young Belgian engineer working for an unscrupulous corporation, arrives in Kivu. His encounter with a young girl, survivor of the latest massacre, will be an eye-opening experience and force him to pick a side...

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Jean Van Hammewas born in 1939 in Belgium. His major breakthrough came in 1977, when he created the Viking heroThorgal for Grzegorz Rosinski. The mix of medieval legends and heroic fantasy soon became a huge success, with major awards following. He is also the creator of the bestselling series Largo Winchand XIII(published in English by Cinebook). Belgian artist Christophe Simonwas trained in both comic arts and the academic classicism of antiquity. Unsurprisingly, this led himto work on long-running Ancient Rome series Alix, among others, before meeting Jean Van Hamme on a homage episode of Corentin.