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Belgian Congo

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Congo Free State

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  • Established after the dispersion of the Congo Free State
  • The Congolese had no role in legislation but were used to gather a workforce
  • Private companies invested in the Belgian Congo after WWI
  • The Congo continued to be exploited for its resources
  • Mines and plantations were places of work for indentured laborers
  • Congo Free State was established by brutally seizing the Congo
  • The purpose of colonization was to enrich King Leopold II, not the Belgian state
  • Leopold's rule has gone down in history for its brutality and inhumane nature
  • This era is now referred to as the 'Forgotten Genocide'
  • Humans rights abuse induced a series of riots and rebllions
  • In 1908, King Leopold turned over the Congo Free State to the Belgian government, transitioning into the Belgian Congo

Climate and Physical Features of the Congo

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  • The Belgain Congo has a tropical climate
  • Charactreized by heavy precipitation and high temperatures and humidity
  • '“The country’s major topographical features include a large river basin, a major valley, high plateaus, three mountain ranges, and a low coastal plain."
  • grasslands and woodlands
  • mangroves, bamboo thickets, and Afro-Alpine
  • the average elevation of about 1,700 feet above sea level.”

Congolese Culture

Relations to the Novel

The Belgian Congo

  • Setting
  • The story occurs during the time of the Congo trying to gain independence
  • "Jimmy Crow" (Kingslover 120)
  • The Price family's actions are related to the beliefs of the "paternalism"
  • Tribalism
  • Over 250 ethnic groups and languages
  • Bantu is the dominant language with French being the offical language
  • Other languages include Kikongo, Lingala, Swahili, Tshiluba
  • Polytheistic religion
  • Sculptures and masks
  • Traditional Fashion - Pagne

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Etablishing an Independent Country

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Ava, Emily, Azba, and Abbie

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  • Paternalism was used by the Belgians to control the Congo
  • The African population challenged the colonial regime
  • First nationwide Congolese political Party - Congo Nation Movement of 1958
  • The Congo became an independent republic on June 30, 1960
  • Change the name to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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