Congo: Een Geschiedenis ❲POPULAR❳

The "Congo Free State" under Leopold II, marked by the brutal ivory and rubber trades.

The book's primary strength is its shift away from a purely Western perspective to a "history from below". Congo: een geschiedenis

The author interweaves his own family's history—his father worked as a railway engineer in the Congo shortly after independence—with the broader national narrative. Chapter Structure The "Congo Free State" under Leopold II, marked