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    Table of Contents Belgian waffles 3 Literature review 3 Research question and objectives 4 Methodology 5 Purpose 5 Research method 5 Research strategy 5 Sampling 6 Data collection methods 6 Validity 6 Reliability (Ethics and Accessibility) 7 Generalisability 7 Limitations/Resources 7 Analysis of findings 8 Quantitative analysis 8 Qualitative analysis 9 Discussion of findings/Practical implementation 10 Market research 10 SWOT analysis 12 Recommendations 13 References 14 Appendices

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    Affonso I‚ the venerated king of Congo‚ is one of the most influential and groundbreaking characters in the history of Africa. Once he converted to Christianity and became king‚ Affonso realized the abhorrence of slavery withing his state‚ for it was completely destroying his country through depopulation. Consequently‚ he sent a letter to King John of Portugal in 1526‚ outlining his hopes to eradicate Portugese influence upon his country. Ultimately‚ King Affonso I of Congo proves to be one of the most

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    after the African country of the Congo and the famous Congo River flowing through this country the story assumed the present novel. It was in this year 1890 that Conrad had performed his sailing trip upon the river Congo as a captain or skipper of a Belgian steamship. During his trips‚ Conrad studied at first hand the conditions which prevailed in the Congo and formed his own impressions of the kind of life which the savages were leading under the imperialist Belgian rule. Conrad also observed the

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    than the Belgians were to their invasion of the Congo‚ because they eventually took into account the culture of the native people where as the Belgians did not. One of the worst cases of imperialistic invasion was the Belgians invasion in the Congo. The Belgians destroyed the Congolese culture and took advantage of the people in inhumane ways. When the Belgians arrived in the Congo‚ the Congolese believed that they where there because “they wanted to take our souls.”[1] The Belgians brought with

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    but the Belgian people took this to an extreme. They enslaved the native people of Congo in their own country and forced work upon them. Quotas and taxes were created to ensure certain amounts of raw materials were gathered and harsh punishments were put into action for those who didn’t complete or meet their requirements. According to Mark Twain‚ “The amount of rubber needed to meet the tax requires the men to work for up 25 days each month harvesting the wild rubber vines in the Congo forest”

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    years‚ while allows Leopold to torture them even more. Task 3 a) Republic of the Congo‚ Central African Republic‚ Sudan‚ Uganda‚ Angola‚ Zambia‚ Burundi‚ and Rwanda border Belgian Congo‚ or present-day Dominican Republic of the Congo. Central African Republic and Sudan are north of Congo. Uganda‚ Rwanda‚ and Burundi are east of Congo. Zambia and Angola are south of Congo. And Republic of the Congo is west of Congo. http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Africa/Africa_GL_1024_768.html b) Boma‚ Banana

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    Flemish to the Congolese was erased. How is it that the people of both the Congo and Belgium have completely forgotten the horrors their predecessors endured and committed? For every secret that is uncovered‚ how many more are

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    that Africa had no say in the Berlin Conference. This resulted in many problems that would terrorize Africa for years to come; because Africans had no say in the dividing of their land‚ religious and political strife arose‚ and places such as the Congo faced detrimental and uninvited changes. The nations attending the Berlin Conference divided Africa for reasons of their own‚ not taking into account the concerns of the native Africans. Africa was split into about 50 different geographical regions

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    Ever since Belgian control of the area‚ the group in power oppressed the group not in power. This caused a constant state of oppression in the country‚ meaning a small factor could easily ignite a larger problem. During Belgian control with a Tutsi government‚ the Hutu’s were living in bad conditions with little rights. The Belgian military also happened to have problems with the Tutsi government at the time‚ giving the

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    reign of King Leopold II over the Congo began in 1876. He held a Geographical Conference in Brussels and disguised his lust for land and lucrative resources as a humanitarian effort to civilize the African people‚ which gained his conquest approval from other European leaders. The king then convinced famed African explorer Henry Morton Stanley to lead his mission in the Congo and begin buying land from African leaders‚ forming a large colony‚ which he named the Congo Free State. During the late 1800s

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