us and we are continuing our conversation around africa today. we focused on one of them was not totally is see goes, if uh, 2 of walked the surface of this uh, video footage. the 2nd. if i do a, the key move, the belgians, he isn't not arrived. stems from the fact that from the hospital of belgium, he came to the hot device with uh, in the democratic republic of congo. on top of the rated, some of the most seen us primes, if uh, pop up, created by man against mine, it is estimated that through the activities of leo, for the of the belgians, about 15000000, congo, these died. it has never been applauded. but those are the estimate on folks has been written about this, including the ghosts of leopold. what did he do when he came to the

heart of gold? in the 1885 fast, you created country, which he called the congo for the state as the boss. so no property, it was not the property of belgium. it was his own personal property. and in order to understand what one is talking about, congo is elijah. then in style western europe combined, that is how big the land was. and in those highly days, king leo flowed in buck on us came of fortune still on numerous elephants in that particular region. in 1885, when he went into the study 30, that is now called the democratic republic of congo unconverted to what it was under as instructive that when he made it this personal property, it was his own to do whatever he wanted with it and also know how to create that

as a personal property. then he requested a conference in by lead. many people don't know that the conference in by the, in the, in the 18841880 5 is sometimes referred to as neil polar dis conference. and at that time, the conference which was convened by bist tomorrow of the drummond, was actually designed for the purpose of creating petty theories so that there would be no conflict. in other words, the powers would have their own 3030 best deal boat being from a small country called belgium on feel full of his own cousin victoria, in england was his cousin. he wanted to ensure the 33 in the free congo, or say, from the intervention of everybody else. and therefore,

the binding conference drew the boundaries that we now know. he then came back to the coma freeze date is personnel. 3030. and the trade has done times shifted from ivory to drop it and i buy it was becoming very important. but typically because of the vision, not the vision into the move, but then what the industry i just started on companies need to drive back to mc tires. and he, and should the, the people. but this, you paid that in the crate. stories are told that if you did not bring quantities overall buy in the money that was a lot to do, you, you turn would be cut on many beauties document then with photographs sometimes extended in brussels, of africans whose pounds had been shopped off. and if you tried to run away,

they would stop you of food. that is what meal put did in that part of the well, here's our trust. if these was so bad, that in 1908, the rest of the western powers became aware of what you were doing. i think one of the extruder as stanley gave very part there. oh, geographical society and say, what i've seen in congo is something that the while does never since the manner in which they can believe i've been to meant to be has overly opposed as they looks for library as the looks for dropbox and other things is something that i've never been seen, and it is in that regard therefore that the west on file was then decided that the time that the territory which was a personal position of keen leopold should be taken away from him. and should be

given to the belgian government in the year, 1908. and therefore it became at $33.00 of belgium on the quarterly of belgium, in the 1908. but remember, this time of governance did not change at all, because i've done particular time, he was not only active in the democratic republic of congo. at that time, he was also active. all his administration was active in different parts of africa, particularly, and one the only which was to be given to them after the germans had been tipped on defeated in the wild. well one. so the, even when neil ford of the congo or new port, the belgians stopped being in direct operation of these territories, the administration policy continued on what was the administration policy of the belgians? don't educate them. i don't build any infrastructure. make sure

that you control all the resources, make sure that the onset are but through the government in process. and make sure that whatever there is in that country is taken away from them on dick and breast cells on to other parts of the belgium site does on to up in dent we to attend the center of trade in most of europe at that time. and that is why they are, for you see, out of a deliberate policy, the democratic republic of congo, as we know it, which we gained independence in 1900. on 61, if you visit that part of the world, there is no infrastructure nor to talk about because the belgian deliberate policy of ensuring that the one no rhodes, he ensured that there was on the most of the, amongst the tribes because it was divide and rule, so you in a sure the wrong by law

a back that the law about global bi lou by the government talk to the different do was a must of divide and rule because it is in dividing and ruling the do with been able to control the labor and they did not stop there. the mode of governance also ensured the the resources of the democratic republic of congo. what rooted on deck and 2 brass cells today. i tell many people get through here so that if you go to brussels and go to literally belgium on seed sparkling as it is, that is what congress should have been. because the team, glad that you find the item they told you of what is what's taken away from the democratic republic of congo. the resources that you see there in terms of gold, on to other resources that are the minerals. what dick and from the democratic republic of congo, so that the legacy of king leo was all of the come was, was of the didn't real part of the belgium was one of this. the mason on one of the

general side we don't talk about the general side will up it is of king leopold. because at that time, the wild had not seen genocide in the mind. that it was to be seen a little later in a, in, in germany and therefore leading to the coming into force of the genocide convention. but one of the grid is genocide ever visited by any power on people was bye leopold. this has now been documented on the 2 writers who are mentioned over it and the cost of getting real fold under constituted, if it was written about the assess the nation of blue moon. but also does it fall through historical records? the legacy of kings would be of folds and to the extent that they've created the above the knows infrastructure that were designed to destroy

a concrete on to destroy a people is governance. we'd go on record as been one of the was ever in the history of mankind, even when vil pulled the seas to be the king of belgium, his legacy remained alive. and therefore, one cannot talk about the people simply because of the opal just stops with leopold . then new port approach to governance continues even after leopold is dead. and we sit with the manner in which they conduct themselves in the one done would warranty. and they tried to create an environment that ultimately was to lead to the genocide in rwanda by looking at people on looking, i'd be a physical features on saying these, what goes based on what goes these are was and ultimately you see that he's, this is the seed was planted because of the governance of king leopold. and when we

talk about the genocide in rwanda, we must always remember that the seed was planted several years ago when we talk about the violence that we see in campbell today on the violence that was visited and continues to be visited upon the democratic republic of congo, we must see that as the legacy of king leopold. you're not when i listen to some of the i, the it is, this is against the belgium with deal was a c, a known as kim plus. we don't have the x rays, don't not be out for this. became a cruise to a non these the similitude if you may or june of ask and bring us similitude of the you're going to vac kim. but victor was one of the people who is this said the legacy of getting the legal poa because you saw it as a lives. and the person was also a spiritualist. sign one came bonke,

sign one came bungle as we know, created the christian denomination, and this is what i want to combine with. a very famous me is said then because of the violent nature in which nature overall a governance on the manner in which we will govern. google, we really gain independence in 1950 or 1900 on 6 this. but immediately after independence there will be so much violence that me with regret. and this is because of a mine called vehicles. and i could see that even after deal pulled the gone on changes that come even when the king's came like king bud. well, who was the one who presided over the granting of independence, the democratic republic of congo, the call john and style of governance that had been created by king leopold of the

belgian is the one that's busted. so what was the culture? what would that impact beautiful was that it's just beautiful. was that looked you pulled was a mid got a little money, vo food was that clip to cut off to lead to neil pulled was the past and who was an assist? the who is obsessed with the idea of having well for his own benefit to the dumb bed, the detriment of the people of congo view opposed. therefore, create an environment which did not allow the people in the democratic republic of congo to thrive with the consequences that belgium, portland i. zation stands out in history as being one of the most nice just modes of governance in terms of its dollar on human life. is dollars on anymore live

through i've read through porch and it's dollar on human beings because of the patients. it's dollars psychologically because of the impact that the tod, it's found on the country because of the resources that was taken away. it's stored on the active trucks which was shifted away. its dollar on the mode of government, which has persisted today. it's dollars psychologically. kimberly all 4 of the belgians was the ghost which must be exercised if the democratic republic of congo is 3 gain, a soldier. she visited vain upon that country in the mind that history records on very few occasions. he was a monster vehicle of the belgians you know, when we talk about leopold of the belgians on pieces onto my list,

the active it is, it is painful. it cannot be exhausted in a short time, but let us have our good byes as we continue the conversation about the continental by the law. so if you have any questions, please do is when you play with the dc plus somebody that's doing the, the punch. so in that i do a bit of i'm listening with when somebody with the

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