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Author | : Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja |
Publisher | : Zed Books |
Total Pages | : 324 |
Release | : 2002-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781842770535 |
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As this book shows, the People of the Congo have suffered throughout the past century from a particularly brutal experience of colonial rule, and a series of post-independence political conflicts. But as this insightful political history of the Congolese democratic movement of the 20th century decisively makes clear, its people have not taken these multiple oppressions lying down. Instead, they have struggled both to establish democratic institutions at home and to free themselves from exploitations abroad.
Author | : Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja |
Publisher | : Nordic Africa Institute |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9789171065384 |
Download From Zaire to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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Author | : Jason Stearns |
Publisher | : PublicAffairs |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2012-03-27 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1610391594 |
Download Dancing in the Glory of Monsters Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A "tremendous," "intrepid" history of the devastating war in the heart of Africa's Congo, with first-hand accounts of the continent's worst conflict in modern times. At the heart of Africa is the Congo, a country the size of Western Europe, bordering nine other nations, that since 1996 has been wracked by a brutal war in which millions have died. In Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, renowned political activist and researcher Jason K. Stearns has written a compelling and deeply-reported narrative of how Congo became a failed state that collapsed into a war of retaliatory massacres. Stearns brilliantly describes the key perpetrators, many of whom he met personally, and highlights the nature of the political system that brought these people to power, as well as the moral decisions with which the war confronted them. Now updated with a new introduction, Dancing in the Glory of Monsters tells the full story of Africa's Great War.
Author | : Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja |
Publisher | : Ohio University Press |
Total Pages | : 93 |
Release | : 2014-11-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0821445065 |
Download Patrice Lumumba Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Patrice Lumumba was a leader of the independence struggle in what is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the country’s first democratically elected prime minister. After a meteoric rise in the colonial civil service and the African political elite, he became a major figure in the decolonization movement of the 1950s. Lumumba’s short tenure as prime minister (1960–1961) was marked by an uncompromising defense of Congolese national interests against pressure from international mining companies and the Western governments that orchestrated his eventual demise. Cold war geopolitical maneuvering and well-coordinated efforts by Lumumba’s domestic adversaries culminated in his assassination at the age of thirty-five, with the support or at least the tacit complicity of the U.S. and Belgian governments, the CIA, and the UN Secretariat. Even decades after Lumumba’s death, his personal integrity and unyielding dedication to the ideals of self-determination, self-reliance, and pan-African solidarity assure him a prominent place among the heroes of the twentieth-century African independence movement and the worldwide African diaspora. Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja’s short and concise book provides a contemporary analysis of Lumumba’s life and work, examining both his strengths and his weaknesses as a political leader. It also surveys the national, continental, and international contexts of Lumumba’s political ascent and his swift elimination by the interests threatened by his ideas and practical reforms.
Author | : Michael A. Rutz |
Publisher | : Hackett Publishing |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 2018-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1624666582 |
Download King Leopold's Congo and the "Scramble for Africa" Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
"King Leopold of Belgium's exploits up the Congo River in the 1880s were central to the European partitioning of the African continent. The Congo Free State, Leopold's private colony, was a unique political construct that opened the door to the savage exploitation of the Congo's natural and human resources by international corporations. The resulting 'red rubber' scandal—which laid bare a fundamental contradiction between the European propagation of free labor and 'civilization' and colonial governments' acceptance of violence and coercion for productivity's sake—haunted all imperial powers in Africa. Featuring a clever introduction and judicious collection of documents, Michael Rutz's book neatly captures the drama of one king's quest to build an empire in Central Africa—a quest that began in the name of anti-slavery and free trade and ended in the brutal exploitation of human lives. This volume is an excellent starting point for anyone interested in the history of colonial rule in Africa." —Jelmer Vos, University of Glasgow
Author | : F. Ngolet |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 552 |
Release | : 2010-12-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0230116256 |
Download Crisis in the Congo Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume offers a comprehensive history and analysis of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the tumultuous period of 1997 - 2001. The author examines the most recent events in this turbulent region, offering a contemporary account that is both extensive and detailed.
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Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2020-03-31 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9004407820 |
Download The Individual in African History Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This volume investigates the development of biographical study in African history. Preceded by an introduction on the relevance of biography in history, case studies deal with methodological insights, personas living through societal transition, and biographical subjects and their discursive worlds.
Author | : Matthew G. Stanard |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2012-01-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0803239882 |
Download Selling the Congo Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Belgium was a small, neutral country without a colonial tradition when King Leopold II ceded the Congo, his personal property, to the state in 1908. For the next half century Belgium not only ruled an African empire but also, through widespread, enduring, and eagerly embraced propaganda, produced an imperialist-minded citizenry. Selling the Congo is a study of European pro-empire propaganda in Belgium, with particular emphasis on the period 1908–60. Matthew G. Stanard questions the nature of Belgian imperialism in the Congo and considers the Belgian case in light of literature on the French, British, and other European overseas empires. Comparing Belgium to other imperial powers, the book finds that pro-empire propaganda was a basic part of European overseas expansion and administration during the modern period. Arguing against the long-held belief that Belgians were merely “reluctant imperialists,” Stanard demonstrates that in fact many Belgians readily embraced imperialistic propaganda. Selling the Congo contributes to our understanding of the effectiveness of twentieth-century propaganda by revealing its successes and failures in the Belgian case. Many readers familiar with more-popular histories of Belgian imperialism will find in this book a deeper examination of European involvement in central Africa during the colonial era.
Author | : Claude Ake |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : |
Download The Feasibility of Democracy in Africa Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The book outlines, in a sweeping continental survey and with telling detail, how the democratic commitment has transformed Africa's legacy of dictatorship, military regimes and single-party rule. Yet, at the same time as 'we are all democrats now', Ake shows how cleverly conservative autocrats have stolen the democratic message and subverted its promise. The danger of trivializing democracy into successive multi-party elections, where one narrow elite succeeds another, is a real one in present-day Africa, and the book spells out the hazards that lie ahead for nascent democratic movements at the grassroots.
Author | : Jeanne M. Haskin |
Publisher | : Algora Publishing |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0875864163 |
Download The Tragic State of the Congo Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In the mineral-rich, dirt-poor Congo, the promise of democratic elections now offers to ignite a glorious future for the country - or a final conflagration.