HISTORY
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM
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King Leopold II
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Usman dan Fodio
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Dr. David Livingstone
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Menelik II
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1908, international pressure forced the king to turn the Congo Free State over to the country of Belgium. The newly named “Belgian Congo ‘’ remained a colony until the Democratic Republic of Congo gained its independence in 1960.
Detailed explanation-2: -Leopold II ruled the Congo as his personal dominion from 1885 to 1908. During this period, the country was forced to endure the systematic exploitation of its natural resources, especially ivory and rubber.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1884-85, a conference held in Berlin, Germany, decided the colonial status of central Africa. Suspicious of each other’s ambitions in the region, the European powers and the United States agreed to grant Leopold possession of the Congo River basin.
Detailed explanation-4: -Finally, indignation among people in Britain and other parts of Europe grew so great that Leopold was forced to transfer his authority in the Congo to the Belgian government. In 1908 the Congo Free State was abolished and replaced by the Belgian Congo, a colony controlled by the Belgian parliament.
Detailed explanation-5: -Red Rubber system and forced labour. Mutilation and brutality. Prisons and hostage taking. Wars and rebellions. Famine. Child colonies. Labour of non-Congolese.