#belgiancongo — Public Fediverse posts

Turns out playing "Divide and Rule" on a country for a hundred fucking years has some knock-on effects on the formation of national institutions

https://piefed.social/c/historymemes/p/2054230/turns-out-playing-divide-and-rule-on-a-country-for-a-hundred-fucking-years-has-some-kno

'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

"Scum (Back) On Top: Part Ten"

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

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

"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