Congo: Een Geschiedenis -

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The "Congo Crisis" following independence, including the death of Patrice Lumumba. Congo: een geschiedenis

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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 Congo: een geschiedenis

The era of Belgian Colonialism and the eventual sudden decolonization.

The "Great War of Africa" and the difficult transition toward a newborn democracy. Critical Reception

Van Reybrouck conducted hundreds of interviews with Congolese people, ranging from child soldiers and female smugglers to centenarians who lived through the transition from colonial rule to independence.