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History of Belgian Congo and Congo-Leopoldville

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   Retrospective history of Congo and Zaire in general

Belgian Congo

History of Capitalism in the Congo
By Zachary Karabell, in Salon. Discussion of Adam Hochschild's King Leopold's Ghost, on the colonization of the Congo and King Leopold's rule.
The Butcher of Congo
Review of Adam Hochschild, King Leopold's Ghost (Macmillan). By Baffour Ankomah, in New African, October 1999.

Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba (1960-1961)

Belgium accused of killing African hero
Ian Black in Brussels, in The Guardian. A Flemish expert on Africa says evidence of direct Belgian government complicity in the execution of the Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba must be made public.

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