The impact of the Belgian exploitation of the Congo region of Africa is blatantly obvious to this day. While there has been modernization there has been little change to the status quo. Peace, health, and security are rare commodities in these lands. “Lands” is perhaps the best way to describe the region because there have been a myriad of countries and regimes that have existed in them over the years, including some parts where no one really governs to this day. Tribes and warlords still hold much sway while European powers continue to meddle in the affairs of region. While the nations involved and the commodities they seek may have changed the game remains the same. However after seeing similar situations across the globe and over a hundred years since the last colonial forces left is it really fair to blame it all Leopold. At what point does jungle began to deserve the credit for what has and still goes on
Leopold’s rape of the Congo will forever scar the face of the......
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