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“I proclaim in the name of the nation the birth of the Republic of the Congo!”

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“I wanted to study the enemy on his home grounds, i became a clerk at the Belgian financial administration.”

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Author:Joseph Kasa-Vubu

“Congolese of all provinces and races, we are bringing you independance... This independance has been won by a united front of all Congolese delegates.”

Congo Belgian Congo

Author:Joseph Kasa-Vubu

“Love is my drug of choice, even if it comes laced with pain and disaster.”

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“Belgium then had the wisdom not to oppose the current of history, and-a deed without precedent in the story of peaceful decolonisation-she let our country pass directly from foreign domination to full independence.”

Congo Belgian Congo

Author:Joseph Kasa-Vubu

“Simon Kimbangu wanted to be the saviour and the redeemer of the Negro race, as Mozes, Jezus, Mohammed and Buddha were for the other races, it would seem that the same idea has occured to Joseph Kasa-Vubu.”

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Book:Die neuen Männer Afrikas

Source: Die neuen Männer Afrikas

“Papers from Count Jules Greindl, who was the main collaborator of Leopold II in this curious affair, the author has drawn a very precise account, supplemented by documents. To take advantage of the financial ruin of Spain to make the Philippines a kingdom of its own, distinct from Belgium and then to form a company which would exploit the islands in the name of Spain, such were the successive ideas of Leopold. They failed both for lack of capital and for the reaction of Spanish pride. But they show, in Leopold II, the progress of the colonial idea with all the aspects that will then be found in the Congolese affair. When Henry Morton Stanley discovered the Congo, Leopold was ready.”

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Book:A la recherche d'un Etat Independent: Léopold II et les Philippines

Source: A la recherche d'un Etat Independent: Léopold II et les Philippines

“Leopold II has always been a bit of an obsession for me. In 1955 I was appointed to the order named after him, I didn't quite know what to do with it, I defiantly walked around with the ribbon in the hope that some colonel would say: "Vlerk, what are you doing with that?" It never happened unfortunately. I've read 42 books about him, documented thoroughly about the interest rate in 1882, and you can't help but feel admiration for that man. He has been the last great king, a kind of dinosaur. When he said or wrote 'we', you don't know whether he's talking about himself, his family, his country or his dynasty.”

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Author:Hugo Claus

“L’indignité des chercheurs de « compensations pour une colonisation scandaleuse », l’indignité de ceux qui se croient obligés d’être « repentants », me choque : j’ai connu la colonie heureuse et des colonisés très heureux, j’ai aussi connu le règne de la corruption, de l’injustice et de la pauvreté dans le pays indépendant.”

Congo Congo Belge

Author:Marcel Yabili

“Il précise qu’à l’indépendance, « Le pays n’avait pas été désossé et abandonné nu et squelettique ! Il avait hérité d’un riche patrimoine en recherches de cartographie, en faune, flore, minerais, administration territoriale, enseignement, santé et infrastructures » qu’il aurait suffi de gérer. Y a-t-il seulement eu une autre colonie avec pareil héritage?”

Congo Congo Belge

Author:Marcel Yabili

“Millions of dead' appears nowhere in the rich oral tradition of my ancestors, nor in Lumumba's speeches. Nor does it appear with Mobutu, who was born and raised in the Equator province, where the ABIR and the Anversoise exploited rubber.”

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Book:The Greatest Fake News of All Time: Leopold II, The Genius and Builder King of Lumumba

Source: The Greatest Fake News of All Time: Leopold II, The Genius and Builder King of Lumumba