Author: J. Du FiefPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
La question du congo
Author: J. Du FiefCongo
Author: Jean-Luc VellutPublisher: KARTHALA Editions
ISBN: 2811118004
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 520
Book Description
Congo. Ambitions et désenchantements est un livre consacré au déroulement d’une étape, à la fois courte et décisive, dans le long passé de cette région. Au point de départ, les années 1880. Elles virent la concrétisation de vieux rêves de découpage de l’Afrique en grands ensembles transcontinentaux. Rien n’annonçait toutefois que le fleuve Congo devienne un marqueur géopolitique. Ce coup de crayon sur la carte porte la griffe de Léopold II, personnalité hors normes, grand rêveur et maître-manoeuvrier au sein de différents mondes, ceux de la diplomatie, du capital et des « affaires », mais qui fut aussi porté par les grandes inspirations de l’époque, le mouvement scientifique, le réveil chrétien, la vague antiesclavagiste tout comme par les recompositions alors en cours en Afrique même. Sans lui, il n’y aurait eu ni « Congo belge », ni page congolaise dans l’histoire de Belgique. Le livre rassemble un bouquet d’essais et de questions. Quels furent les grands seuils de la période ? Quelles ambitions économiques, technocratiques, scientifiques, morales, mais aussi quels itinéraires, plus humbles ? Quelle place de la région sur l’échiquier mondial des puissances et du mouvement des idées ? Quid de l’insubmersible Afrique, de son économie de production et de trafics, mais aussi de sa pauvreté ? Quid de sa vie spirituelle toujours renouvelée mais jamais contrôlée, de sa vie artistique, elle aussi toujours novatrice ? Autant de coups de projecteur portés sur trois générations, avec d’occasionnelles excursions dans leurs passés et dans les représentations portées par le présent. En 1960, au sortir de l’épisode colonial, une semaine d’indépendance confirma que le « Congo belge » avait été conquis mais non soumis. On ne trouvera ici ni complaisances ni ressentiments, mais le sillage d’une génération d’historiens dont l’engagement fut d’inscrire le passé de l’Afrique dans les grands chapitres de l’histoire universelle. De nouveaux chantiers s’ouvrent désormais, ceux des sensibilités, des mémoires. Le défi reste de repérer les ruptures, mais aussi le long fil des généalogies qui, en Afrique comme ailleurs, relient le présent au passé.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo. La République Démocratique du Congo
Author: Julien BobineauPublisher: LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN: 3643134738
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
This interdisciplinary volume brings together English and French language contributions that add to an in-depth picture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's current state of affairs. The authors from various academic fields who research and teach at universities in Africa, Asia and Europe focus on political and economic perspectives, education and civil society, health and environment, the country's international relations as well as historical foundations. They analyse the problems the country is facing but also point out where progress has been made, where possibilities lie - and how these possibilities can come to fruition.
An Account of the Congo Independent State
Author: Henry PhillipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science
Author: Official Organ of the Congo Reform Association
Author: Congo Reform AssociationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
Book Description
Étude sur le secteur privé de la santé en République du Congo
Author: The World BankPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821394983
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
The government of the Republic of Congo is taking a system approach to reorganizing its health system. It is endeavoring to create a political, juridical, and regulatory environment to foster the development of its health care services under government leadership working with the private sector.
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.
The American Journal of International Law
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
Vols. for 1970-1973 include: American Society of International Law. Meeting. Proceedings, 64th-67th, previously published separately; with the 68th, resumed being publihsed separately.
Political Awakening in the Congo
Author: Rene LemarchandPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520338634
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1964.