HIST 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mobutu Sese Seko, National Liberation Front (Algeria), Harki
18 Jan 2017
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Nationalist interpretations: occupied countries had a large population of nationalists; wanted to be (cid:494)liberated(cid:495, the (cid:494)elites(cid:495) got together and collaborated what should be done. International interpretations: the international climate was drastically changed after ww2. German/japanese occupation left ethnically different people in lands where they (cid:494)did not belong(cid:495) 1950s; empires dismantled: france + britain granted independence to african colonies in the late (cid:494)winds of change(cid:495) occurring during the 60s in the continent of africa. Were seen as important strategic pieces to both the usa and. 1885 belgian king leopold ii acquired the belgian congo: rich of minerals, brutal treatment of congolese workers to exploit these resources vast riches. Belgium (realized it was futile: intrigues the western world, this mission did not keep the well-being of the congolese people in kept politically ignorant. 1908 congo becomes an official belgian colony provides leopold with. Early 1960 belgium sets date for congolese independence: (cid:498)calculated to create a chaotic situation? (cid:499)
