by: gina ferriola, lindsey carter, amy myers. initial occupation 1885 the berlin conference approves...
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BELGIAN CONGO
BY:Gina Ferriola,
Lindsey Carter, Amy Myers
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Initial Occupation1885 The Berlin
Conference approves King Leopold’s claim to “The Congo Free State” as his personal colony until 1908.
International investors supported his claim to Congo.
He established rule with his personal army and he also expected the Belgian army to assist.
Info Source: ("Congo Free State,").Picture: hbw2000.com
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Ivory and rubber were the main exports. Both were collected through a system of slave labor controlled by Leopold’s agents.
The forest elephant population was depleted and the focused changed to rubber collection
Pneumatic tires drastically increases the demand for rubber.
Picture: vietnambusiness.asiaInfo Source: ("Congo- the Brutal," n.d.).
Benefits To The Imperial Power
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Treatment Of Indigenous People8-10 million people died
as a result of Leopold’s policies.They were enslaved
Families were kidnapped to force people to produce rubber.
Cut off peoples hands if they did not produce enough rubber.
Info Source: ("Congo- the Brutal," n.d.).Picture: en.wikipedia.org
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Belgian Congo Money
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The Congo Free State Map
Picture: gutenberg.org
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Belgian Congo Map
Picture: Culturegrams.com
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The Democratic Republic of Congo
Picture: lonelyplanet.com
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Indigenous perspective • King Leopold II and his army
took over power in Congo.• King Leopold II and the Force
Publique terrorized the Congolese by kidnapping the families of the workers and cutting off hands if they didn’t produce enough rubber
• In 1908 Congo was taken from Leopold and turned into a Conley ruled but the Belgians
• The worst abuses were eliminated because the Belgians still wanted the copper, oil, diamonds and other minerals
(Congo).
http://weallbe.blogspot.com/2010/07/passing-of-patrice-lumumba.html
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Benefits and modernization
The Belgian modernized the colony
The Belgians built railroads and automobiles
They brought over electricity and telephones
("Encyclopedia Britannica,“).
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/59224/Belgian-Congo
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Cultural imperialism The Belgians forced
many different Congo tribes to live together
The Belgians set up Belgian style schools
The Congolese lost their native language and way of religion
The Belgians brought a new system of law
(Everything Culture," ).
http://sfbayview.com/2011/50-years-after-lumumba-the-burden-of-history/
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Resistance and independence movements Congo rebelled from
beginning The first Congolese
party started in 1958 whose name was Congo nation movement
In 1959 riots broke out and Congo people demanded independence
Congo became an independent republic on June 30, 1960
("Encyclopedia Britannica," ). http://www.rnw.nl/africa/article/belgian-reign-terror-casts-shadow-over-congolese-anniversary-0
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The Congo free state flag
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The Democratic Republic of Congo
• Red for people's blood
• Yellow for prosperity
• Blue for hope
• Star for unity
• (“Democratic republic of Congo”).
http://flagspot.net/flags/cd.html
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Consequences on the Imperial Power
• Belgium gained wealth from the rubber in ivory they exported.
• King Leopold was criticized for exploiting and enslaving the Africans.
• Edward Morrel wrote about the horrible situation in the Belgian Congo.• Belgium’s treatment of the
African people is an example of European Social Darwinism
(Congo Free State, 2011)en.wikipedia.org
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Consequences on the Occupied Region
• When the Belgians left the country was unstable
• The Congo lost a lot of its resources
• Most people live in poverty• Government corruption has
caused civil wars
picture:mydailyclarity.com(Democratic Republic of the Congo, n.d.).
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Modern StatusCongo
• GDP-$300 per year• Literacy rate-67.2%• HDI-.239 (rank 168)
Belgium • GDP-$37,900 per year• Literacy rate-99%• HDI-.867 (rank 18)
(The World Factbook, n.d.).seputarforex.com
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Compensationwhen people realized the
Belgians were treating the Congolese horribly the international community forced King Leopold to end his rule and give control of the country to Belgium Most of the worst abuses
stopped: kidnapping of families, mutilation, and slavery.
Belgium apologized for killing the Congolese president Lumumba.
(Lumumba Apology: Congo's, n.d.)
blackhistoryheroes.blogspot.com
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Mobutu
took control of Congo in 1965 -made all political parties illegal
because they were causing problems in the country
1967 he made one political party mandatory it was called the (MPR) Popular Movement of the Revolution.
Made Congo a policy of Africanisation country, he made a new flag, new national anthem, and changed the name of the country to Zaire.
Mobutu also changed the capital name from Leopoldville to Kinshasa.
The people of Congo even had to get African names, if they didn’t have one.
He bribed any of his rivals with money to keep them happy.
•Nationalized foreign owned business and made Western investors leave (Zaire).•1990 had to unban the rule against political parties and then in 1997 he was over powered and fled the country with his family.• Congo was in debt billions of dollars
by the 1980’s because of him but he didn’t care because he was billions of dollars wealthier
( Mobutu of Zaire, 2005-2011)
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