Michela Wrong is a journalist and author from the
United Kingdom who has had a lengthy career covering what was once
Zaire and is now the
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Her debut book,
In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the Congo covers the time she has spent in the country as it transitioned from the leadership of
Mobutu to the that of
Kabila.
Michela Wrong writes regularly for the New Statesman magazine.