The Congo from Leopold to Kabila
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What’s it about?
A searing history of the Congo, from Leopold II's genocidal rubber regime to Mobutu's kleptocracy and the wars that followed, revealing how resource wealth became a curse.
You’ll learn
- How colonial exploitation shaped the Congo's tragedy
- The rise and fall of Patrice Lumumba
- Mobutu's kleptocracy and Western complicity
- The roots of Africa's deadliest conflict