#congofreestate

[omniatlas]

NEW MAP: Sub-Saharan Africa 1897: Batetela Rebellion (13 July 1897) https://buff.ly/2B0qNZG Intent on securing the southern Sudan, the Congo Free State mounted a two-pronged invasion of the Mahdist State in late 1896. Although the first prong successfully conquered the Lado Enclave in February, the second, more ambitious, effort to march down the Nile and take Fashoda collapsed when the native troops involved—mostly Batetela—revolted and instead seized large parts of the eastern Congo. The rebellion took over two years to suppress, encouraging the Germans in East Africa to use the crisis as an excuse to seize Congolese territory around Lake Kivu. #1890s #1897 #19thcentury #africa #africanhistory #belgiancongo #congofreestate #burundi #cartografia #cartographic #colonialism #imperialism #scrambleforafrica #historisch #history #historybuff #historyclass #historylesson #historylovers #historymatters #mapmaking #mapping #maps #rwanda #subsaharanafrica #tanzania #victorian #victorianera #worldhistory #newmap (at Goma, Congo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCnjh18Acx-/?igshid=15qi72bgcblqq

[history-adventures]

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Introducing our official launch trailer! History Adventures, World of Characters, Book 3, (1750-1900), presents a fresh approach to history education, designed for today’s digital generation. This interactive, multimodal learning experience combines the latest in mobile entertainment with the power of narrative design—bringing the pages of history to life. History Adventures foregrounds the power of story, narrativizing the experiences of people who lived in past centuries—in different epochs and locations around the globe. Students will witness the very real moments these very real people lived through, as if they were there. And via the empathy inspired by quality storytelling, students will feel the life or death stakes of decisions made in the moment. The January 2020 release of History Adventures covers the Period from 1750-1900 through the lens of 5 amazing people living through complex flash-points in time. Book 3 Features: Agent 355, (a slave... and an American Revolutionary War spy); Jiemba, (an indigenous Australian at Botany Bay when the British convict ships arrived); Fei Hong, (a Chinese family man, surviving the Opium Wars), Khari, (a native rebel resisting Belgian oppression during the (so-called) Congo Free State), and Thomas Brown, (a muckraking reporter, working to expose the malpractice of the Chicago Meatpacking Industry). History Adventures, World of Characters, Book 3 (1750-1900), will go live on iTunes, January of 2020, available for download around the world! Created by Spencer Striker, PhD History Adventures: the Stories of People in Time, Connected by Eternity.. #history #digitallearning #historyeducation #digitaldesign #learningdesign #illustration #americanrevolution #congofreestate #peopleshistory #bighistory #mobilelearning #multimodality #interactivelearning #powerofstory #narrativedesign #historicalfiction #characterdesign #washingtonsspies #opiumwars #revolution #rebellion #Imperialism #exploration #clashofcivilizations #muckrakers #botanybay #gunboatdiplomacy #indigenous #chicagomeatpackers #historyadventures (at Northwestern University in Qatar) https://www.instagram.com/p/B58ANmNJAws/?igshid=93c80c4cu2gh

[appbazar]

latex #polymer #rubberize #condom #galosh #pencil #overshoe #plastic #eraser #congofreestate #leather #euphorbiaceae #resin #prophylactic #safety #arctic #safe #tire #caoutchouc #gumshoe #nogood #golosh #neoprene #rubbereraser #pencileraser #gumelastic #indiarubber #bad #euphorbia #kerala #elastomer #lettuce #syntheticrubber #polyisoprene #heveabrasiliensis #tires #butylrubber #siliconerubber #foamrubber #bamboo #coating #glue #steel #cement #aluminum

[ujamaalive]

Belgium begins to face brutal colonial legacy of Leopold II

#KingLeopoldII of #Belgium ruled the #CongoFreeState with a tyranny that was peculiarly brutal even by the cruel and deeply racist standards of European #colonialism in #Africa.

By Daniel Boffey

In the last years of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th, King Leopold II of Belgium ruled the Congo Free State with a tyranny that was peculiarly brutal even by the cruel and deeply racist standards of European colonialism in Africa. He ran the country – now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo – as a personal fiefdom, looting ivory and rubber and murdering…

[aaroncecilillustration]

This is a story of triumph. Witness the birth of a legend. Graphic novel drawing. #illustration #blackart #originalartwork #AaronCecil #drawing #portraitdrawing #pencildrawing #narrativeart #1906 #neverforget1906 #congofreestate

[theimperialimaginary-blog]

One of your classmates, Mattie, posted this video on her New Media Archive as a brief overview of European imperialism in Africa. 

Couple of comments:

This is a good primer but it doesn't get into the nitty gritty of everything around this world historical event, which is fine because there are hundreds of books written on this subject. 

This video (4mins) draws on both Adam Hochschild who I mentioned in the lecture on Tuesday as well as Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.

Finally, this video points out that Liberia and Ethiopia are the only two places that avoided occupation. I mentioned Ethiopia in the lecture, but if you want to learn a little more about why Liberia remains unoccupied, check out this piece on the American Colonization Society. This should especially help you think about the idea of inter-imperiality--two (or more) empires competing against one another. Is Liberia really unoccupied or not colonized if it exists as an American intervention on the African continent?

[omniatlas]

Sub-Saharan Africa 110 years ago today: Belgian Congo (15 Nov 1908) https://buff.ly/2TdKbGY News of atrocities in the Congo Free State - personally ruled by King Leopold II of Belgium since the 1880s - led to public outcry in the early 20th century. Bowing to international pressure, the parliament of Belgium annexed the territory as the Belgian Congo in November 1908, bringing an end to an exploitative regime which had presided over some 6-10 million native deaths. #subsaharanafrica #history #welovemaps #map #1900s #1908 #africa #africanhistory #belgianempire #congofreestate #belgiancongo #colonialism #ethiopia #frenchempire #italy #kufrah #november #november15 #ogaden #somalia #congobasin #wadai #maps #todayinhistory #historyteacher #historybuff #historynerd #historytoday #historygeek #colonialism (at Kinshasa, Congo) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqNju8rgQfT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=65zx1evu8ycy