thrumbolt:africamustrise:British Invasion of the CongoAlthough the Belgians Colonised the Congo,In 1
thrumbolt:africamustrise:British Invasion of the CongoAlthough the Belgians Colonised the Congo,In 1911 they gave a British Man ; William Lever, a concession to develop large scale productions of Palm oil in the Congo.In the book Lord Leverhulme’s Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo by Jules Marchal the author states: “Leverhulme set up a private kingdom reliant on the horrific Belgian system of forced labour, a program that reduced the population of Congo by half and accounted for more deaths than the Nazi holocaust.Formal parliamentary investigations were called for by members of the Belgian Socialist Party, but despite their work the practice of forced labour continued until independence in 1960.There is an interesting documentary you can watch on Youtube about Belgian King Leopold II and what he did in the Congo. I still can’t believe people don’t talk more about this. (x)Also a general documentary about racism and colonialism and how fucking awful it was which everyone should watch (it’s in 3 parts) (x) -- source link