Belgium, America and Congo 1884-1960

Explaining History by Nick Shepley

Aug 17, 202631:17Society & Culture

In this episode of the Explaining History Podcast, we begin a journey into one of the darkest and most overlooked chapters of the 20th century: the establishment of neocolonialism in Africa after the formal end of Europe...

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