Consequences of setting the borders of the state of Congo - Couverture souple

Makumbuila Ndualunsu, Edouard

 
9786207736188: Consequences of setting the borders of the state of Congo
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 6207736184 ISBN 13 : 9786207736188
Editeur : Our Knowledge Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

The participants in the Berlin International Conference (1884-1885) carved up Africa by assigning borders that tore apart tribes, peoples and territorial entities, and brought others together against their will, having generally nothing in common between them: no common history, no common language, no common customs, no common culture, no common past or way of life, with no other criteria than land grabbing on this continent. Far from creating a national consciousness as intended by the initiators of this project, this phenomenon has instead generated feelings of hostility between tribes, leading to antagonisms: the Kongo and the "Gens du Haut" in Leopoldville, the fratricidal war between Luba and Lulua in the Kasai, the "authentic Katangese" and the "foreigners" in Katanga, etc. These antagonisms immediately gave rise not only to ethnic associations, which soon became political parties with a tribal tinge, but also to irredentism and other forms of secession, which undermined the new Republic of Congo, born from the ashes of the independent State of Congo.

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Éditeur
Our Knowledge Publishing
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
6207736184
ISBN 13 
9786207736188
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
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