Author: Congo Reform Association (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
Languages : en
Pages : 50
Book Description
Selling the Congo
Author: Matthew G. StanardPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803239882
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Belgium was a small, neutral country without a colonial tradition when King Leopold II ceded the Congo, his personal property, to the state in 1908. For the next half century Belgium not only ruled an African empire but also, through widespread, enduring, and eagerly embraced propaganda, produced an imperialist-minded citizenry. Selling the Congo is a study of European pro-empire propaganda in Belgium, with particular emphasis on the period 1908–60. Matthew G. Stanard questions the nature of Belgian imperialism in the Congo and considers the Belgian case in light of literature on the French, British, and other European overseas empires. Comparing Belgium to other imperial powers, the book finds that pro-empire propaganda was a basic part of European overseas expansion and administration during the modern period. Arguing against the long-held belief that Belgians were merely “reluctant imperialists,” Stanard demonstrates that in fact many Belgians readily embraced imperialistic propaganda. Selling the Congo contributes to our understanding of the effectiveness of twentieth-century propaganda by revealing its successes and failures in the Belgian case. Many readers familiar with more-popular histories of Belgian imperialism will find in this book a deeper examination of European involvement in central Africa during the colonial era.
King Leopold's Ghost
Author: Adam HochschildPublisher: Picador
ISBN: 1760785202
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
With an introduction by award-winning novelist Barbara Kingsolver In the late nineteenth century, when the great powers in Europe were tearing Africa apart and seizing ownership of land for themselves, King Leopold of Belgium took hold of the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. In his devastatingly barbarous colonization of this area, Leopold stole its rubber and ivory, pummelled its people and set up a ruthless regime that would reduce the population by half. . While he did all this, he carefully constructed an image of himself as a deeply feeling humanitarian. Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize in 1999, King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of this man’s brutal regime and its lasting effect on a ruined nation. It is also the inspiring and deeply moving account of a handful of missionaries and other idealists who travelled to Africa and unwittingly found themselves in the middle of a gruesome holocaust. Instead of turning away, these brave few chose to stand up against Leopold. Adam Hochschild brings life to this largely untold story and, crucially, casts blame on those responsible for this atrocity.
Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980
Author: Guy VanthemschePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521194210
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
This book explains how and why Belgium, a small but influential European country, was changed through its colonial activities in the Congo, from the first expeditions in 1880 to the Mobutu regime in the 1980s. Belgian politics, diplomacy, economic activity and culture were influenced by the imperial experience. Belgium and the Congo, 1885-1980 yields a better understanding of the Congo's past and present.
The Casement Report
Author: Roger CasementPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3734043476
Category : Fiction
Languages : fr
Pages : 305
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Casement Report by Roger Casement
The Failure of Democracy in the Republic of Congo
Author: John Frank ClarkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Why did the democratic experiment launched in the Republic of Congo in 1991 fail so dramatically in 1997? Why has it not been seriously resumed since then? This book provides an analysis of more than fifteen years of Congolese politics. It explores a series of logical hypotheses regarding why democracy failed to take root in Congo.
Heart of Darkness
Author: The Crime of the Congo
Author: Recalling the Belgian Congo
Author: Marie-Bénédicte DembourPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 0857457128
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
When the author embarked on her study, her aim was to approach former colonial officers with a view to analyzing processes of domination in the ex-Belgian Congo. However, after establishing a rapport with some of these officers, the author was soon forced to revise her initial assumptions, widely held in present-day Belgium: these officers were not the "baddies" she had expected to meet. Exploring the colonial experience through the respondents' memories resulted in a far more complex picture of the colonial situation than she had anticipated, again forcing her to question her original assumptions. This resulted not only in a more differentiated perspective on Belgian colonialist rule, but is also sensitized her as regards the question of anthropological understanding and of what constitutes historical fact. These two aspects of her work are reflected in this study that offers specific material on the way Belgian colonialism is remembered and reflects on its conditions of production, thus combining ethnographic analysis with a theoretical essay.
The Truth about the Congo
Author: Frederick StarrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Belgium
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
From Zaire to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Author: Georges Nzongola-NtalajaPublisher: Nordic Africa Institute
ISBN: 9789171065384
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Selected bibliography p.23.