vonneudeck, 2 months ago

@dascandy42 @mekkaokereke the Belgian rule over Congo is a dark and complicated chapter. One of the main factors for the even for colonialism gruesome monstrosities was that in the beginning Belgian Congo was owned by the king of the Belgians and the property was guaranteed not by Belgium but by all other states that took part in the Berlin Afrikakonferenz because it was part of a power game between Belgium and the king (who had very few rights and felt ridiculed by the state of Belgium).