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19th-century scandals. Atrocities in the Congo Free State. Human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Genocide of indigenous peoples in Africa. Leopold II of Belgium. Political controversies in Belgium. Anti-black racism in Africa. Incidents of cannibalism. Human trophy collecting.
The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo ( French: État indépendant du Congo ), was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908. It was privately owned by King Leopold II, the constitutional monarch of the Kingdom of Belgium. In legal terms, the two separate countries were in a ...
Under Leopold II of Belgium, the population loss in the Congo Free State is estimated at sixty percent, up to 15 million people having been killed. [233] The Congo Free State was hit especially hard by sleeping sickness and smallpox epidemics. [234] The characterisation of the loss of life as "genocidal" is, however, a matter of debate among ...
Leopold II, King of the Belgians, privately controlled and owned the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908. In 1908, the area was annexed by Belgium as a colony known as the Belgian Congo. Leopold used his personal control to strip the country of vast amounts of wealth, largely in the form of ivory and rubber.
Belgian apologies to the Congo. Belgian apologies to the Congo are the subject of a societal debate in Belgium over the expression of apologies for the role that country has played in the atrocities that have been committed in the Congo Free State (or the Independent State of Congo) and the Belgian Congo between 1885 and 1960, and the colony of ...
William Henry Sheppard (March 8, 1865 – November 25, 1927) was one of the earliest African Americans to become a missionary for the Presbyterian Church.He spent 20 years in Africa, primarily in and around the Congo Free State, and is best known for his efforts to publicize the atrocities committed against the Kuba and other Congolese peoples by King Leopold II's Force Publique.
The Congo Free State propaganda war (1884–1912) occurred at the height of European imperialism. Demand for goods drove European imperialism, and the European stake in Asia was confined largely to trading stations and strategic outposts necessary to protect trade. The advent of industrialization, however, dramatically increased European demand ...
Congo Genocide. Congo Genocide may refer to: Atrocities in the Congo Free State (1885–1908) Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War (1996–1997) Effacer le tableau (2002–2003), a genocide of Mbuti people during the Second Congo War.