The Congo from Leopold to Kabila : a people's history / Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nzongola-Ntalaja, Georges, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Democracy--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Democracy.

Decolonization--Congo (Democratic Republic).

Decolonization.

Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1960-1997.

Congo (Democratic Republic).

Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1997-.

Democratic Republic of the Congo--Colonial influence.

Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (588 p.)

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The people of the Congo have suffered from a particularly brutal colonial rule, American interference after independence, decades of robbery at the hands of the dictator Mobutu and periodic warfare which continues even now in the East of the country. But, as this insightful political history makes clear, the Congolese people have not taken these multiple oppressions lying down and have fought over many years to establish democratic institutions at home and free themselves from foreign exploitation; indeed these are two aspects of a single project.

Contents:

Imperialism, Belgian colonialism and African resistance

The struggle for independence

The first Congo crisis

The second independence movement

The Mobutu regime: dictatorship and state decay

The struggle for multiparty democracy

Conflict in the Great Lakes Region

Conclusion

Chronology.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-293) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781780325194

1780325193

9781350223004

135022300X

9781780329406

1780329407

9780862327507

0862327504

9781842770535

1842770535

9781780329390

1780329393

OCLC:

1241540304