Colonial Congo – Idesbald Goddeeris Veilige Betaling

Colonialism tends to arouse emotional debate, often based on incomplete knowledge of the facts and context. Colonial Congo fills this gap by introducing the general reader to the latest academic thinking and research. Answering concrete questions, pre-eminent historians offer a unique insight into the history of the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. How did Leopold II’s autocratic government function and what do we know about the victims of his rule? How much profit was made in the Congo and who b…