A History of the Belgian Congo: A Colonial Paradox

Death and everyday life are consistent. "Within 20 years since the first Belgian settlers landed on the coast of Congo, the population of Africa was initially only 20 to 30 million, with the population declining to 8 million" (Boahen and Josephy 1971, p. 422). The land and people who have not been disturbed for centuries have yielded to external forces in less than 20 years. Congo is always known as the green center of Africa, symbolizing the beautiful landscape and rich resources of the country, growing in the region's forests and fields, and now the Congo is often referred to as the dark center of Africa It is.

The former colonies of Belgium, Congo, France, Belgium and Africa (with the present Democratic Republic of Congo) were governed by Belgium from 1908 to 1960. The establishment of the Belgian Parliament to replace the anger of abuse of power by the former private, international community of the Congo Free State put pressure on the director and accountability. The official attitude of Belgium is paternity: Africans should be cared for and trained as if they are children. They have no role in legislation, but traditional rulers are used as agents for taxation and solicitation, and non-cooperative rulers are abolished. At the time of preparation, Belgium still portrayed the Congo as an idyllic land for parent-child relationships between Europeans and Africans.

Congolese colonial rule began at the end of the 19th century. King Belgium Leopold II tried to persuade the Belgian government to support the expansion of the colonial period of most of the undeveloped Congo Basin of the time. Their ambiguity led Leopold to create colonies himself. With the support of several Western countries, Leopold was internationally recognized as a private colony of Congo State in 1885. By the turn of the century, however, Congolese official violence and cruel economic exploitation by free state public servants led to a strong pressure on diplomacy against Belgian official governance in 1908 and founded the Belgian Congo in 1908.

In 1908, the Belgian government agreed to incorporate it into the Republic of the Congo of Belgium as a colony in order to solve the strong protests of the international community against the barbaric acts of the Congolese state. It also annexed the Katanga region of Canada Free State when Leopold killed Meshri and in 1891 sent an expedition to cut the neck. It is hanging from the pole. Leopold managed Katanga separately, but in 1910 the Belgian government merged it with the Congo of Belgium. The Belgian Congo is one of the three colonies that Belgium occupies.