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Congo
Author: The Congo from Leopold to Kabila
Author: Georges Nzongola-NtalajaPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780329393
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The people of the Congo have suffered from a particularly brutal colonial rule, American interference after independence, decades of robbery at the hands of the dictator Mobutu and periodic warfare which continues even now in the East of the country. But, as this insightful political history makes clear, the Congolese people have not taken these multiple oppressions lying down and have fought over many years to establish democratic institutions at home and free themselves from foreign exploitation; indeed these are two aspects of a single project. Professor Nzongola-Ntalaja is one of his country's leading intellectuals and his panoramic understanding of the personalities and events, as well as class, ethnic and other factors, make his book a lucid, radical and utterly unromanticized account of his countrymen's struggle. His people's defeat and the state's post-colonial crisis are seen as resulting from a post-independence collapse of the anti-colonial alliance between the masses and the national leadership . This book is essential reading for understanding what is happening in the Congo and the Great Lakes region under the rule of the late President Kabila, and now his son. It will also stand as a milestone in how to write the modern political history of Africa.
Congo
Author: Jean StengersPublisher: Racine Lannoo
ISBN: 9782873864064
Category : Africa
Languages : fr
Pages : 317
Book Description
Jean Stengers s'est occupé de Léopold II et du Congo durant quarante ans au moins. Il a longuement travaillé à la fois dans les archives étrangères et dans les archives belges. Ce qu'il nous offre ici est un ensemble d'études qui couvrent un siècle d'histoire: elles vont du 17 février 1860 - date du premier discours colonial du futur Léopold II - jusqu'à l'indépendance du Congo, le 30 juin 1960. On y trouve abordés la plupart des aspects majeurs de la politique du Roi, puis de la Belgique. Ces aspects majeurs sont souvent aussi des aspects controversés. L'auteur s'attache, là où il rencontre des conceptions légendaires, que ce soient des légendes dorées ou des légendes noires, à les démythifier, avec la seule volonté de restituer la vérité du passé. Quatre études traitent de thèmes généraux: la formation de la pensée coloniale de Léopold II, la création de l'Etat indépendant du Congo, l'évolution de cet Etat et du Congo belge jusqu'en 1914, et enfin la période coloniale et l'histoire de la décolonisation de 1914 à 1960. Elles sont complétées par des éclairages jetés sur quatre questions importantes: l'Acte de Berlin, la campagne anglaise contre le Congo, le rôle de la Commission d'enquête de 1904-1905, et la décision de reprise du Congo par la Belgique.
Congo
Author: Jean StengersPublisher:
ISBN: 9782390251415
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Languages : fr
Pages : 317
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Religion, Colonization and Decolonization in Congo, 1885-1960. Religion, colonisation et décolonisation au Congo, 1885-1960
Author: Vincent ViaenePublisher: Leuven University Press
ISBN: 9462701423
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 357
Book Description
Religion in today’s Democratic Republic of Congo has many faces: from the overflowing seminaries and Marian shrines of the Catholic Church to the Islamic brotherhoods, from the healers of Kimban-guism to the televangelism of the booming Pentecostalist churches in the great cities, from the Orthodox communities of Kasai to the ‘invisible’ Mai Mai warriors in the brousse of Kivu. During the colonial period religion was no less central to people’s lives than it is today. More surprisingly, behind the seemingly smooth facade of missions linked closely to imperial power, faith and worship were already marked by diversity and dynamism, tying the Congo into broader African and global movements. The contributions in this book provide insight into the multifaceted history of the interaction between religion and colonization. The authors outline the institutional political framework, and focus on the challenge that old and new forms of slavery entailed for the missions. The atrocities committed at the time of the Congo Free State became an existential question for young Christian communities. In the Belgian Congo after 1908, more structural forms of colonial violence remained a key issue marking religious experiences. And yet, religion also acted as a bridge. The authors emphasize the role intermediaries such as catechists or medical assistants played in the African “appropriation” of Christianity. They examine the complex interaction with indigenous religious beliefs and practices, and zoom in on the part religions played in the independence movement, as well as on their reaction to independence itself. Coming at a moment when Belgium confronts its colonial past, this volume provides a timely reassessment of religion as a key factor.
Mythes Et Réalités de L'impérialisme Colonial Français, 1871-1914
Author: Henri BrunschwigPublisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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British Humanitarianism and the Congo Reform Movement, 1896-1913
Author: Dean PavlakisPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317171942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Congo Free State was under the personal rule of King Leopold II of the Belgians from 1885 to 1908. The accolades that attended its founding were soon contested by accusations of brutality, oppression, and murderous misrule, but the controversy, by itself, proved insufficient to prompt changes. Starting in 1896, concerned men and women used public opinion to influence government policy in Britain and the United States to create space for reforming forces in Belgium itself to pry the Congo from Leopold’s grasp and implement reforms. Examining key factors in the successes and failures of a pivotal movement that aided the colonized people of the Congo and broadened the idea of human rights, British Humanitarianism and the Congo Reform Movement provides a valuable update to scholarship on the history of humanitarianism in Africa. The Congo Reform movement built on the institutional experience of overseas humanitarianism, the energy of evangelical political involvement, and innovations in racial, imperial, and nationalist discourse to create political energy. Often portrayed as the efforts of a few key people, especially E.D. Morel, this book demonstrates that the movement increasingly manifested itself as an institutionalized and transnational campaign with support from key government officials that ultimately made a material difference to the lives of the people of the Congo.
Neutrality as a Policy Choice for Small/Weak Democracies
Author: Michael F. PaloPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004395857
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
In this book, Michael F. Palo explains how a historical and theoretical examination of Belgian neutrality, 1839-1940, can help readers understand the behaviour of small/weak democracies in the international system.
Imagining the Congo
Author: K. DunnPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 140397926X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
Understanding the current civil war in the Congo requires an examination of how the Congo's identity has been imagined over time. Imagining the Congo historicizes and contextualizes the constructions of the Congo's identity in order to analyze the political implications of that identity, looking in detail at four historical periods in which the identity of the Congo was contested, with numerous forces attempting to produce and attach meanings to its territory and people. Dunn looks specifically at how what he calls 'imaginings' of the Congo have allowed the current state of affairs there to develop, but he also looks at the broader conceptual question of how the concept of identity has developed and become important in recent international relations scholarship.
The Greatest Fake News of All Time
Author: Marcel YabiliPublisher: Yabili
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Congo's past is painted as a gallery of horrors! Looting of King Leopold, a precursor to Hitler and Stalin! Holocaust, hands cut off, whipping, red rubber, forced labour, etc. In fact, all these atrocities have been fueled by interested foreigners. For the first time, a well documented Congolese tests the accuracy of all told and untold stories. His captivating work reveals how major issues have been changed and outright falsified. Why? There is an underlying racism. That is gripping! This book is the first volume of a Trilogy that unfolds major, continuous, and disgraceful fake news (Vol 1), puts King Leopold on trial with XXIst century criteria (Vol 2), and tells 135 years of comprehensive and dignified history (Vol 3)! Indeed, the truth about the Congo’s past comes from Congolese living in the Congo ! The author, Marcel Yabili, is a lawyer. He has been living and acting permanently in the Congo for 50 years. He shares his testimonies and observations in scientific, literary, and artistic works, articles and blogs, as well as in his family museum of collective memory.