King Leopold II of Belgium acquired the Congo as a free state and exploited it by reign of terror. King Leopold II took over leadership of Belgium from his father‚ hoping to gain power and wealth‚ as well as assuming control of overseas territories like most other European nations of the time did. Leopold created‚ through political lobbying and military force‚ the Belgian Free State. The Belgian Free State gave Leopold power over the African territory of the Congo‚ which he soon exploited for its large
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Yet there are extremely horrific outcomes of imperialism. Allow me to shed light on the dark perils of imperialism imposed upon the Congo by King Leopold II‚ with which I disagree‚ through the years of 1885 to 1908. If one leaves it to King Leopold II of Belgium‚ his intentions were pure. All he wanted was to improve the living conditions of the poor people of the Congo. However‚ King Leopold II was a ruthless‚ capitalist‚ tyrant.
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Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga‚ usually shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or just Mobutu‚ ruled what is now Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1997. Although the atrocities Mobutu committed as dictator are real‚ one can draw several comparisons to the fictional rule of Big Brother and the Party in Nineteen Eighty-Four’s Oceania. Firstly‚ both leaders secured power by obliterating all references to the past. As the old Party slogan goes‚ “Who controls the past goes the future; who
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access to the huge territories in the Congo River basin was considered impossible due to the impenetrable forests and the impassable rapids of the river itself‚ which served as a barrier to European exploitation. The adventurer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley gained the interest and support of the Belgian King Leopold II for his expeditions into the Congo basin ‘to prove that the Congo natives were susceptible of civilization and that the Congo basin was rich enough to repay exploitation’
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signed in January of 1960. The first public voting was held May 11th through the 25th of 1960. Patrice Lumumba won the election and on June 23rd 1960‚ he became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Congo. Also Joseph Kasa-Vubu won the election for the President of the Congo. On that Independence Day in 1960‚ Patrice Lumumba gave an impromptu speech speaking about how the independence was not gained without years of oppression and injustice (Bio.com). The speech he gave was well liked
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Morton Stanley was one of the earliest Wels- American explorers who were sent by The New York Herald to look for Livingstone after he went missing for over three years. He was among the first missionaries to ever travel to the remote‚ then unknown Congo rain forest. During this period‚ the missionaries faced several challenges. Among the challenges’ that they faced was the poor transport network (Ashcroft‚ Griffiths‚ Tiffin & Ashcroft‚ 2007). There were no established roads during that time‚ and they
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Document 2-1‚ “The King of the Congo Writes to the King of Portugal‚” addresses King Joao III of Portugal from King Alfonso of Congo about how important Congo relies on their trade system with Portugal. King Alfonso mentions how his power of authority in the kingdom has fallen as materials are becoming scarce‚ in hopes that the Portuguese will provide them with the necessary goods. Congo’s community is heavily revolved around their Christianity faith‚ though individuals have caused a loss on God
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colonies. One of those countries represented at the Berlin Conference was Belgium . The African territory which Belgium presided over was the Congo region. Unlike the other European nations that occupied African territory‚ Belgium did not immediately annex the Congo. Instead‚ the Belgian King Leopold II made the region his own personal plantation under the name the Congo Free State . During this period‚ between 1885 and 1908‚ he administered severe brutality onto of the Congolese people. Simultaneously
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Piyush Rathi Roll No - 131556 The videos ‘crisis in Congo’ and ‘fault lines’ have a tremendous resembelance to Colonialism. The difference being that it is much more indirect and manipulative form in which the exploiter not even takes the responsibility for exploitation. This smarter and indirect approach
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‘Nature.’ Marlow felt endangered in his exploration‚ as Butcher from ‘Blood River‚’ who claimed that‚ the vast majority of deaths’ are the result not of combat‚ ‘but of the Congo’s decay.’ The idea that since Conrad’s time‚ Butcher assents that the Congo is going backwards in terms of development‚ where machinery for combat was not significant. Human decay in ‘Blood River‚’ is quite perceptible about the ‘sickly child.’ The use of a premodifier can cause anxiety and worry towards the reader and himself
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