The truth hurts at times man.
The Congo was mainly a private colony of the Belgian royal family, unlike most other colonies in Africa where European governments were much more involved. So the Belgian state did not benefit as much from it as the royals did.
Also, the French part (Wallonia) did most of the colonizing in Africa and benefited from it the most, but nowadays everything has flipped in Belgium. The Dutch part (Flanders) is much better off while the French part (Wallonia) is one of the WORST regions in Northwestern Europe. @Periplus @Odayga_Jabuuti this is why I think the further we get away from the colonial era, the less and less it explains current dynamics.
The wealth of Belgium isn't based on Congo's stolen wealth (especially not Flanders) and the chaos in the Congo now has little to do with the colonial past and has more to do with tribal warfare over minerals in Eastern Congo used by big tech.
The Congo was mainly a private colony of the Belgian royal family, unlike most other colonies in Africa where European governments were much more involved. So the Belgian state did not benefit as much from it as the royals did.
Also, the French part (Wallonia) did most of the colonizing in Africa and benefited from it the most, but nowadays everything has flipped in Belgium. The Dutch part (Flanders) is much better off while the French part (Wallonia) is one of the WORST regions in Northwestern Europe. @Periplus @Odayga_Jabuuti this is why I think the further we get away from the colonial era, the less and less it explains current dynamics.
The wealth of Belgium isn't based on Congo's stolen wealth (especially not Flanders) and the chaos in the Congo now has little to do with the colonial past and has more to do with tribal warfare over minerals in Eastern Congo used by big tech.
That's an infuriating picture. The Belgians committed so many horrors and depredations on the DRC and yet their reputation remains intact; they're known as this quirky, chocolate-loving little Country that inexplicably functions without Governments for months on end.
Every child in the DRC should be intimately aware of what happened to their Nation and to resolve to never permit a repeat when they get older.
Had you seen the full Doc you'd understand where his frustration comes from. Basically his government tasked his company for a construction project. The government laws, regulations and even average people giving him a hard time. That's why he's irritated by the complicity of the whole population.Anyway I would have assassinated that men if he talked like this in my soil, that African men should sent a hit squad for insulting my pride, Why are Africans that are not somali docile to non-blacks. Chinese should learn decorum at least an cadaan would not insult you whilst stealing your resources,
that's In the 50s?This was the Congo in the 1950s.
I think this man should read his history before saying such things in the DRC.
that's In the 50s?
la xawla wa la quwwata ila billah. i sometimes forget colonialism in congo and south asia was worse than somalia.Yes, those two women in that picture are most likely alive.