Katanga 1960-1963
Author : Daniel Kowalczuk
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,11 MB
Release : 2024
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ISBN : 9788311172173
Author : Daniel Kowalczuk
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,11 MB
Release : 2024
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ISBN : 9788311172173
Author : Leonard Coufal
Publisher :
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 10,51 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Katanga (Congo)
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Author : Aubyn E. Niemi
Publisher :
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Author : Christopher Othen
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 30,60 MB
Release : 2015-09-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0750965800
In King Leopold II's infamous Congo 'Free' State at the turn of the century, severed hands became a form of currency. But some in the Belgian government had no sense of historical shame, as they connived for an independent Katanga state in 1960 to protect Belgian mining interests. What happened next was extraordinary. It was an extremely uneven battle. The UN fielded soldiers from twenty nations, America paid the bills, and the Soviets intrigued behind the scenes. Yet to everyone's surprise the new nation's rag-tag army of local gendarmes, jungle tribesmen and, controversially, European mercenaries, refused to give in. For two and a half years Katanga, the scrawniest underdog ever to fight a war, held off the world with guerrilla warfare, two-faced diplomacy and some shady financial backing. It even looked as if the Katangese might win. Katanga 1960–63 tells, for the first time, the full story of the Congolese province that declared independence and found itself at war with the world.
Author : Erik Kennes
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 47,8 MB
Release : 2016-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0253021502
A history of the 1960s unrecognized state’s army and their role in Central Africa’s political and military conflicts. Erik Kennes and Miles Larmer provide a history of the Katangese gendarmes and their largely undocumented role in many of the most important political and military conflicts in Central Africa. Katanga, located in today’s Democratic Republic of Congo, seceded in 1960 as Congo achieved independence, and the gendarmes fought as the unrecognized state’s army during the Congo crisis. Kennes and Larmer explain how the ex-gendarmes, then exiled in Angola, struggled to maintain their national identity and return “home.” They take readers through the complex history of the Katangese and their engagement in regional conflicts and Africa’s Cold War. Kennes and Larmer show how the paths not taken at Africa’s independence persist in contemporary political and military movements and bring new understandings to the challenges that personal and collective identities pose to the relationship between African nation-states and their citizens and subjects. “A fascinating story which is tied to the colonial development of Katanga province, cold war politics in Central Africa, the crisis of the postcolonial state in the Congo, and the interregional politics in the Great Lakes area.” —Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, University of North Carolina “A major contribution to our understanding of postcolonial politics in Africa more broadly and sheds light on the survival of militias over time and forms of subnationalism emerging from regional consciousness.” —M. Crawford Young, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Author : Catherine Lee Porter
Publisher :
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 37,89 MB
Release : 2009
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Author : Charles G. Thomas
Publisher : ISSN
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 2020-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781773851266
Wars fought for political separation have become omnipresent in post-colonial Africa. From the division of Sudan, to the continued fragmentation of Somalia, and the protracted struggles of Cabinda and Azawad, conflict over seccession and separation continues to the present day. This is the first single volume to examine the historical arc of secession and secessionist conflict across sub-Saharan Africa. Paying particular attention to the development of secessionist conflicts and their evolving goals, Secession and Separatist Conflicts in Postcolonial Africa draws on case studies and rigorous research to examine three waves of secessionist movements, themselves defined by international conflict and change. Using detailed case studies, the authors offer a framework to understand how secession and separation occur, how these are influenced by both preceding movements and global political trends, and how their ongoing legacies continue to shape African regional politics. Deeply engaging and thoroughly researched, this book presents a nuanced and important and important new overview of African separatist and secessionist conflicts. It addresses the structures, goals, and underlying influences of these movements within a broader global context to impart a rich understanding of why these conflicts are waged, and how they succeed or fail.
Author : Claude Roosens
Publisher :
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 26,68 MB
Release : 1982
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Author : Peter Symes
Publisher :
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 26,61 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Bank notes
ISBN : 9780958540308
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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 45,67 MB
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9004407820
This volume investigates the development of biographical study in African history. Preceded by an introduction on the relevance of biography in history, case studies deal with methodological insights, personas living through societal transition, and biographical subjects and their discursive worlds.