You're not going to the Great Lakes area are you Monkey? As bad as "Hell-on-Earth" Africa is, that place in particular (Eastern D.R. Congo) is its lowest level. I recommend any books by Robert Pelton Young, "Worlds Most Dangerous Places" or "Come Back Alive". Both books are dead on accurate as well as irreverently and morbidly hilarious which is why I think you'd get a kick out of it. Hope it helps, couldn't hurt.