The Congo River's Influences on the Surrounding Countries

The Congo River is 2,914 miles, the eighth longest river in the world, the second longest river in Africa, after the Nile. The Congo River mainly flows through the Democratic Republic of Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Republic of Congo (Rock). The Congo River is formed at the intersection of the Lualaba River and the Luvua River at the southernmost tip of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many of the tributaries of Congo have discharged 1,600,000 square miles of water to Central Africa, so the Congo River is the main source of traffic in this area.

Democratic Republic of the Congo was named after the Congo River flowing through the country. The Congo River is the deepest river in the world, the second largest river in the world. In 1876 the Congo's Upper Research Council ("Congo's Upper Research Council") established by Leopold II of King Belgium and the Congolese international association founded in 1879 were also named after his name. river. The Congo River itself was named by the early European sailors who met Kingo Kingdom and the people of Kongo who is the Bantu residence in the 16th century. The word Kim Jeong comes from the Kimono language (also known as the Kicongo language). According to American writer Samuel Henry Nelson, "It is very likely that the word" Congo "itself means gathering, and it is based on root conga," collective "(trance)" Ge people , Bakongo was introduced in the early 20th century.

In the 1880s, the leading European countries destroyed Africa, so King Belgium Leopold II occupied the vast and undeveloped territory around the Congo River. He plundered the Congo in massacres, plundered rubber, cruelly repressed his people and eventually reduced his population by 10 million. Heroic efforts to expose these crimes eventually led to the first large human rights movement in the 20th century. Everyone from Mark Twain to Archbishop Canterbury participated in it. The ghost of King Leopold is an unforgettable narration, a foolish, attractive, cruel man. Adam Hochschild brought this dynamic story with Barbara Tuchman's wit and skill. Like her, he knows that history often provides a richer role than many novelists can invent.