The Tragic State of the Congo: From Decolonization to DictatorshipAlgora Publishing, 2005 - Broj stranica: 228 The Congo is rich in minerals and agricultural potential. What keeps it from emerging as a viable, even prosperous, state? During four centuries of the slave trade, the Portuguese alone claimed over 13.25 million lives. Then, King Leopold II of Belgium to |
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The Tragic State of the Congo: From Decolonization to Dictatorship Jeanne M. Haskin Ograničeni pregled - 2005 |
The Tragic State of the Congo: From Decolonization to Dictatorship Jeanne M. Haskin Ograničeni pregled - 2005 |
The Tragic State of the Congo: From Decolonization to Dictatorship Jeanne M. Haskin Ograničeni pregled - 2005 |
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Stranica 10 - when the bambote (soldiers) were sent to make us cut rubber there were so many killed we got tired of burying, and sometimes when we wanted to bury we were not allowed to." "'But why did they kill you so?" '"Oh, sometimes we were ordered to go and the sentry would find us preparing food to eat while in the forest, and he would shoot two or three to hurry us along. Sometimes we would try and do a little work on our plantations, so that when the harvest time came we should have something to eat, and...
Stranica 12 - The danger lies not so much in the possibility that the Belgians will not compromise eventually with the force of nationalism, but that when they do they will find the Africans almost totally inexperienced in handling the responsibilities which they are certain to demand and eventually to get.
Stranica 15 - Belgium, moved by a very sincere and humanitarian idealism, came to our help and, with the assistance of doughty native fighters, was able to rout the enemy, to eradicate disease, to teach us and to eliminate certain barbarous practices from our customs, thus restoring our human dignity and turning us into free, happy vigorous, civilised men.