News from Belgium and the Belgian Congo
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Page : 634 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Belgium
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Page : 634 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Belgium
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Page : 318 pages
File Size : 38,36 MB
Release : 1941
Category : Belgium
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Page : 534 pages
File Size : 45,10 MB
Release : 1945
Category : World War, 1939-1945
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Page : 630 pages
File Size : 17,93 MB
Release : 1952
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Author : Belgian Information Center (New York, N.Y.)
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Page : 72 pages
File Size : 37,34 MB
Release : 1953
Category : Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Page : 576 pages
File Size : 33,86 MB
Release : 1944
Category : Belgium
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Author : Adam Hochschild
Publisher : Picador
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 24,78 MB
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1760785202
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.
Author : Guy Vanthemsche
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 32,29 MB
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521194210
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.
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Page : 548 pages
File Size : 11,4 MB
Release : 1942
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Author : Marcel Yabili
Publisher : Yabili
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 19,47 MB
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Category : History
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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.