Michela Wrong

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.