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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
WHAT WERE THE HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS IN BELGIAN CONGO?
Belgium, without imperialist ambition, had no colonial vocation. It had taken over the Congo in 1908 to act on the recommendations of a commission of inquiry commissioned by its King, Leopold II, also sovereign of the Independent State of the Congo, whose existence was disputed by the great ...
HOW CONGO
DID HE TAKE THE WAY
INDEPENDENCE?
The most delicate problem concerned the "advanced", who considered that they had reached the level of education and training of whites. A special status was conferred on them after an investigation into their occupations and their way of life, which had to be of the "European" style. They felt that they were ...
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