{"product_id":"belgiums-colonial-report-card-congo-extraction-and-the-ghosts-of-empire-9798199309912","title":"Belgium's Colonial Report Card: Congo, Extraction and the Ghosts of Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Frederick Amakom\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Western Europe - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBELGIUM'S COLONIAL REPORT CARD\u003cbr\u003eCongo, Extraction and the Ghosts of Empire\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas the Congo one of the greatest crimes of empire?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow did a small European nation create one of the most feared colonial systems in Africa?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does the Democratic Republic of the Congo remain resource-rich yet deeply unstable today?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBelgium's Colonial Report Card\u003c\/i\u003e, Frederick Amakom delivers a powerful and deeply researched examination of Belgium's colonial legacy in Central Africa - from the terror of King Leopold II's Congo Free State to the political chaos, resource wars and neo-colonial struggles that followed independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how colonialism transformed Congo politically, economically, culturally, psychologically and spiritually, while exposing the systems of extraction and racial domination that shaped one of the most tragic chapters in African history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this groundbreaking work, you will discover: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe truth about King Leopold II and the Congo Free State\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForced labor, mutilation and the rubber terror system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow millions suffered under colonial extraction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe role of racism in Belgian colonial ideology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMissionaries, Christianity and the destruction of indigenous systems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Congo's vast mineral wealth shaped global politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatrice Lumumba, Mobutu and the crisis after independence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cold War and foreign interference in Congo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"resource curse\" and modern neo-colonialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy Congo remains strategically important today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA final report card grading Belgium's colonial legacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither emotional propaganda nor colonial nostalgia, this book is a serious historical investigation into empire, exploitation and the enduring struggle for African sovereignty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers interested in: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrican history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eColonialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCongo history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKing Leopold II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelgian Empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatrice Lumumba\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePost-colonial Africa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePan-Africanism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfrican politics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRace and empire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeo-colonialism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeopolitics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHuman rights history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eResource wars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModern African conflict\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBelgium's Colonial Report Card\u003c\/i\u003e is Book 3 in the powerful \u003ci\u003eEurope's Colonial Report Card on Africa Series.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe empire ended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe struggle over Congo never truly did.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47968822493335,"sku":"9798199309912","price":2412.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798199309912.webp?v=1782919508","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/belgiums-colonial-report-card-congo-extraction-and-the-ghosts-of-empire-9798199309912","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}