Belgian Congo

skinnier and taller than Hutus. Tutsi originated in Ethiopia. Around 1916 Belgian colonist arrived in Rwanda and began to take charge and colonize. When the Belgian colonist arrived they began to hand out identity cards, which stated the ethnicity of that person. The Belgians viewed the Tutsis superior to the Hutus. Since the Belgians found more interest in the Tusus, the belgians decided to partner up with the tutsus. The belgians would then have the Tutsis implement the rules that they…

preceded it and the way the world has forgotten one of the great mass killings of recent history (2-3). King Leopold II of Belgium began his reign of terror on Congo in the 1880s as Africa was being split up by the European Powers. Henry Morton Stanley, a renowned explorer, became the first who went through the unexplored area surrounding the Congo River, and through this King Leopold, seizing the opportunity, gained claim to the territory by moving through European Politics by claiming to be a…

countries in the third world that managed to provide them with raw materials. These countries provided lifeblood to some U.S. industries and the Congo was no different. The Congo, particularly the Katanga region, had heavy mining industries that managed to produce things such as uranium. Most of the uranium used in the Manhattan project was provided by the Belgian Congo. Once Lumumba brought the Soviet Union into the situation by receiving their aid and weapons in an attempt to stabilize the…

In 1890, he got a job with A Belgian trading company and was given command of a trip into the Belgian…

bare land of suffering. It is a land of beauty, vigor, and achievement, and all of these traits are often overlooked. One of the world’s first examples of mathematics, the Ishango Bone, which traces back to around 20000 BCE, was discovered in the Congo in 1960. The first measurement device in human history, the Lebombo Bone, was created in modern-day Swaziland in 35000 BCE. However mathematical advancements in Africa are not only basic or ancient creations. Mathematical manuscripts discovered in…

some major events such as; Nathan’s garden not growing any fruit due to the lack of North American insects to pollinate it, Mama Tataba leaving them because Nathan is obsessing about baptizing the natives in the river, the Belgian government says they are handing over the Congo to the people and are hosting elections for the next leader, Orleanna gaining the confidence to speak her mind to Nathan, the ants destroying the villages food, Ruth May dying due to the Mamba snake, Orleanna leading her…

everyone. On his journey into the dark, forbidden congo, Marlow encountered Kurtz, a “remarkable man” and “universal genius,” who…

For almost four centuries, ever since Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean, the major European countries have been dominating the world by means of colonization. As Jerry Kloby defines it, “colonialism can be best described as the formal political domination of one country by another in which the relationship between the two nations is always one of economic exploitation, although the dominant nation may pretend otherwise” (pp. 100). Through violence and forced labor, countries such…

From the start of the 1800s, the continent of Africa was considered to be a gold mine for the European powers. Unknown of the riches beneath their feet, African people lived a very simplistic life and followed their traditions until european explorers David Livingstone and Henry Stanley published an account of their journey through the wilds of Africa. In a mad dash for these rich African lands, the European powers decided to have meeting that would latter be called the Berlin Conference. At…

In 1933, the first of Hitler 's anti-semitic laws were passed. These discriminatory laws stripped all "non-Aryans" of their teaching posts. With the laws came hatred towards the Jewish people as a whole, including members of the scientific community. When it became difficult to continue their research, or even live safely, many scientists chose to flee to institutions of higher learning in either the United States or Great Britain. Albert Einstein and Hungarian born Leo Szilard were two such…