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David Van Reybrouck

Born

in Brugge, Belgium

September 11, 1971

Website

http://www.davidvanreybrouck.be

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Nonfiction

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David Grégoire Van Reybrouck is a Belgian cultural historian, archaeologist and author. He writes historical fiction, literary non-fiction, novels, poetry, plays and academic texts. Moreover, he is the founder of the G1000 project in Belgium, a platform for democratic innovation and inclusive participatory politics.

He was born into a family of florists, bookbinders and artists. His father, a farmer's son, spent five years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a railway engineer immediately after independence.

He studied archaeology and philosophy at the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) and obtained a Master's degree in World Archaeology from the University of Cambridge. He also holds a doctorate from Leiden University.

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Average rating: 4.28 · 20,078 ratings · 2,161 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors

	Congo: een geschiedenis 4.39 avg rating — 8,179 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolusi: Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld 4.54 avg rating — 4,102 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tegen verkiezingen 4.20 avg rating — 2,731 ratings — published 2013 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zink 3.84 avg rating — 975 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odes 4.21 avg rating — 443 ratings — published 2018 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De wereld en de aarde: Hoe houden we het veilig? 3.77 avg rating — 333 ratings — published 2025	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vrede kun je leren by David Van Reybrouck, Thomas d'Ansembourg, Reintje Ghoos (Translator) 3.78 avg rating — 286 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Plaag: Het stille knagen van schrijvers, termieten en Zuid-Afrika 3.91 avg rating — 275 ratings — published 2001 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De kolonisatie van de toekomst: leven aan de vooravond van de klimaatcatastrofe 4.23 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pleidooi voor populisme 3.69 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Hij heeft geen grenzen overgestoken, de grenzen zijn hem overgestoken.”
― David Van Reybrouck, Zink

tags: geschiedenis, grenzen

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“But it was definitely a hecatomb, a slaughter on a staggering scale that was not intentional, but that could have been recognized much earlier as the collateral damage of a perfidious, rapacious policy of exploitation, a living sacrifice on the altar of the pathological pursuit of profit.”
― David Van Reybrouck, Congo: The Epic History of a People

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“La democracia es una forma de gobierno por la cual el pueblo se gobierna a sí mismo. ¿Por qué no nos entra eso en la cabeza? El problema no radica en que los ciudadanos quieran y puedan pensar juntos sobre la política, ya que la respuesta a la pregunta es un sí rotundo. El problema radica en que la mayoría de los políticos todavía no quieren tal cosa.”
― David Van Reybrouck, Contra las elecciones: Cómo salvar la democracia

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Which book would you like to read in Mar/April 2018 for Central Africa?

Tram 83 by Fiston Mwanza Mujila

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Congo: The Epic History of a People by David Van Reybrouck

4 votes, 7.0%

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3 votes, 5.3%

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