HIS 1111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: African Socialism, Billy Joel, Kongo People
20 Nov 2017
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Next segment we will focus in on the congo as a case study to examine the process of achieving independence and to probe the post-colonial question: why has. independence returned miserable results for many africans? the vast congo is blessed with natural resources, but is one of the poorest countries on earth. Why did so many sub-saharan states struggle to economically develop after independence? decolonization in asia and africa was different, the circumstances were different for development and independence. Lumumba was talented and had big dreams how the congo represents a broader sub-saharan picture. Post-colonial development high lights in some sense the different springboards in independence the eastern pacific has managed to complete the process of development in other regions, like africa, the 70s and 80s marked regression. Lecture outline profiling sub-saharan african decolonization brief history of belgian congo the congo crisis (1957-1961) film excerpt: peck"s lumumba the congo basket case and africa"s post-colonial struggles (1961-1997)
