Cobalt Red - Read it!

A harrowing tale of exploitation and sacrifice - the Democratic Republic of Congo deserves greater Global attention, education for its children, far more support from the worlds tech companies and a ‘brighter future’ - worth devoting your time to reading or listening to this excellent book.

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Devastating but vital book

It feels wrong to say I enjoyed this book because the subject matter is so devastating but I did very much enjoy the writing, the pace and the depth. I also enjoyed the narration. I do highly recommend this book - everyone should read this, it should be mandatory in secondary schools. The world needs to know what’s happening in the Congo.

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Harrowing and educational

I can’t believe that slave labour in appalling conditions and to children and the vulnerable natives of DRC have to endure this.
A very brave thing to do.
Harrowing bit could not stop once I started

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An important piece of journalism and advocacy

A really impressive piece of work highlighting a contemporary human rights catastrophe.

Hopefully it will be a significant enough call to action to enough people to make progress on the issue.

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Everyone should read this book

Oh my days … absolutely appalling I cannot believe how cruel and greedy the elites actually are … and how naive I have been … NO EV car is coming in our household … so glad I have read this book so I can tell everyone I know about the people in Congo … this needs stopping … thank you for being this to our attention, fantastic book .

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A hard eye-opening listen

an horrific onngoing story told from many angles all leading to the same outcome.

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Eye opening book

I believe everyone should read this book. It is an eye opening account of what is happening in DRC and not much covered by mainstream media. I would like to thank the author for his reporting and writing of this book.

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A dollar bag of heterogenite, the price of the life of a Congolese Child

‘…. We work in our graves..’

These words and the genuine testimonies of people in the copper zones of the Congo will leave you sobbing openly, and making you want to throw your rechargeable gadgets out of the closest window.

An eye-opening book that captures only a fraction of the corruption of the Congolese people and the degradation of their children, their land, and everything they hold sacred, just so we in the west can have our rechargeable technologies and enjoy opulent lives at the expense of those less fortunate.

This book should be mandatory for everyone over the ages of 10 in order that we all rise up and speak out to defend and save our brothers and sisters of the Congo who have no other hope than Us.

If you are sceptical about purchasing this book I implore you not to look away.

It is well narrated and excellently written, and slowly introduces you to what cobalt is, how it is used, the means by which it is purchased and sold, and how it gets to the market.

It’s gradually gets more serious as we become more familiar with the substance and its uses.

It’s culminates in the testimonies of those suffering the most, making you unable to look away or stop listening, it’s grotesque horror leaving you sobbing openly no matter where you are or what you are doing.

Furthermore the irony of fact that I am bearing witness to all these nightmares via the very same gadget that causes these atrocities will definitely not be lost by the readers

And finally I will never not ever in my entire life, be able to walk past a thorn bush without remembering the little girl and her baby sitting under one, both having passed away, having escaped the unspeakable injustices perpetrated against them, finally returned to their Merciful Home.

Lord Have Mercy on our Pitiful Souls.

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Don’t shy away, a must read for all.

Everyone who owns a rechargeable device should read this. It’s uncomfortably eye opening, and shakes you to the core. What is happening right now in the Congo really is unimaginable in modern day society and we ALL need to know about it. Very well written and narrated. I hope this book leads to an awakening by all and with in the industry and change for the good.

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Devastated

I wish this book was read by every human being in the west and all the shareholders and CEOs of big corporations and tech giants so the know the real cost of their products. Lives.

I can imagine how exploited parts of Africa must feel when colonisation has stolen all that could have made Africa prosper. For shame on those earlier travellers there. For shame Europe and Chine and Belgium. The blood isn’t entirely on their hands but also on mine. I have a laptop, a tablet and a mobile phone. Not the latest models and if I hadn’t learned what I’m learning now I would have aspired to get an electric vehicle believing I was doing good for the environment.

Until the subjugation of Africans and any other oppressed country has been ended then I do not know how anyone in their right mind can stomach the purchase of goods paid for by the lives of people of all ages.

I recommend this book as a matter of urgency to be read or listened to. If you think this is woke, you’re damn right it is and it’s time you stopped feeling comfortable in your blindness. It is time to wake up and so how the world dupes us all.

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