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 | | Sir Roger Casement (1864–1916) | | by balisunset, Sep 14, 2008 | | Before his 1916 execution for treason and the British government’s subsequent effort to smear his reputation by releasing diaries that graphically detailed his alleged homosexuality, Casement was an Irish-born British diplomat and colonial reformer best known for reporting the horrors of forced labor in the Belgian Congo and the Putumayo region of Peru. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | The Pre-independence Belgian Congo | | by balisunset, Aug 29, 2008 | | A enormous territory of the sub-Saharan African interior conforming to the shape of the Congo River Basin and a Belgian colony from 1908 to 1960. It had hitherto been under the personal rule of the Belgian King, Leopold II (1835–1909), as the Congo Free State. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Why Something Good Turns Wrong | | by Nkundwa Beatrice, Apr 23, 2007 | | The Democratic Republic of Congo used to be called Zaire under President Mobutu. Patrice Lumumba made what is the economy of Congo Zaire. When will Congo Zaire adapt to the modern world? | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | Mokele-Mbembe: A Living Dinosaur? | | by jill stefko, Jun 5, 2007 | | Natives in the African Congo region have reported sightings of a large animal that looks like a dinosaur which places it in the category of cryptozoology. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 2 |
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