'Finding ways of limiting Africans’ advancement was central to #Belgium’s strategy for sustaining its dominance over a land so rich in resources that it was often called a “geological scandal.” '

#HowardFrench reviews #TheLumumbaPlot, #MyCountryAfrica, and the #documentary #SoundtrackToACoupDÉtat

https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2025/09/25/a-damn-nuisance-patrice-lumumba/
https://archive.ph/SNQHc

#Congo #BelgianCongo #imperialism #colonialViolence #PatriceLumumba #CIA #covertOps #ColdWar #cinema #books @histodons @bookstodon @film

"Scum (Back) On Top: Part Ten"

#Mephistopheles #Schattengeld #GoldAndSilver #WorkingClass #MoneyClass #BelgianCongo

https://www.writingsandart.com/Art/Scum%20Back%20On%20Top/sbot10.html

Been listening to #ColumMcCann perform his novel #Twist.

And I hear in interviews that he sees it relating to #JosephConrad's #TheHeartOfDarkness.

And I find that I've somehow missed that The Heart of Darkness is set in the horror of the #BelgianCongo genocides.

So next to listen to Conrad's book.

#ApocolypseNow #LeopoldII

Vintage Postcard Missions salesiennes Belgian Congo Kafubu Workshop of mensuisery

https://www.cpaphil.com/en/products/cpa-missions-salesiennes-belgian-congo-kafubu-workshop-of-mensuisery

#SalesianMissions #BelgianCongo #ColonialHistory #ColonialArchitecture #AfricanHistory #ColonialHeritage #HistoricalPhotography #AfricanCraftsmanship #ebay #amazon

[17:02] Belgian state held accountable for colonial-era abduction

The Brussels Court of Appeal has held the state accountable for the systematic abduction of "metis" children, those of mixed European and African heritage, from their mothers during the colonial era in Belgian Congo.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2024/1202/1484301-belgium-congo-court/

#TheBrusselsCourtofAppeal #European #African #BelgianCongo