GENOCIDE IN CONGO

For many Westerners the Congo "has long been a symbol of Africa. The very word 'Congo' has resonance for the many Americans who never heard of most of the African states which quietly reached independence and unobtrusively went about their business" (Ferkiss, 1966: 169). Imperialist interests would not allow Congo to go about its business, since for the imperialist powers the Congo was … ................
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