The Congo: Plunder and Resistance

by David Renton, David Seddon, Leo Zeilig

Book Overview

Since well before Henry Morgan Stanley's fabled encounter with David Livingstone on the shore on Lake Tanganyika in the late 19th century and his subsequent collaboration with King Leopold of Belgium in looting the country of its mineral wealth, the Congo's history has been one of collaboration by a minority with, and struggle by the majority against, Western intervention.

Before the colonial period, there were military struggles against...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842774859
• ISBN13: 9781842774854
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.5"