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Congo
genocide
committed by Belgians imperialists
they took rubber
they had to get rubber or get their hands chopped off
they took ivory
the Dutch took a lot of children to make an army loyal to the Belgians
this army was used to tyrannize the rest of the people of the same heritage as the soldier
after the Belgians pulled out they didn't want revenge they wanted peace for everyone
what are there main resource
rubber
rubber was used for almost everything electronic or industrial which was starting to become more common
ivory
ivory was an extraordinarily expensive commodity that the rich are willing to pay a lot for
man power
the Belgians used them to take resources that they had through forced labor
they were colonized by the Belgians
King Leopold II of Belgian colonized the Congo
he called it the Congo free state
he was a terrible man who claimed that he was doing good for the people yet actually was disregarding them and taking all they had
he would take the people of the Congo and show them at the world fair like animals
the Belgians would kidnap the elders and woman until quotas are met
under these extreme conditions the people were traumatized and still remember it to this day
many of these people dont want this to happen to no one else rather than revenge
after colonization the people did not have many elders left
the peoples of the congo didnt want to go back to the old way
they wanted a modern form of democratic government
they wanted even representation
even representation would not be 50/50
it would be much more representation for the Congolese majority
they no longer wanted infighting between the tribes
located in the central western part of sub Saharan Africa
on the equator
the Belgians wanted to colonize Africa as many other Europeans were
Patrice Lumumba gives a speech to the people regarding the future of the Congo and steps toward independence in 30 June 1960
Lumumba gets elected on the same day
there is a group threatening the Congo
they request help from the united states and Belgium
they declined the request for help
after the US denied help they asked the soviets
they accept
later Lumumba is assassinated due to him being a threat to the western trade and cooperating with the communist state via the US and Belgium
Lumumba has communist ideals