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Colonization of the Congo Basin refers to the European colonization of the Congo Basin of tropical Africa. It was the last part of the continent to be colonized. By the end of the 19th century, the Basin had been carved up by European colonial powers, into the Congo Free State, the French Congo and the Portuguese Congo (modern Cabinda Province of Angola).
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travelled into the western Congobasin, and raised the French flag over the newly founded Brazzaville in what is now the Republic ofCongo. Finally, Portugal...
financing the Belgian participation in colonizationoftheCongoBasin. In 1899, it sponsored the establishment ofthe Banque d'Outremer led by Albert Thys...
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into the western CongoBasin and raised the French flag over the newly founded Brazzaville in 1881, thus occupying today's Republic oftheCongo. Portugal...
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around the then-largely unexploited CongoBasin. Their ambivalence resulted in Leopold establishing a colony himself. With support from a number of Western...
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dozens of territories. ColonizationoftheCongo began in the late 19th century. King Leopold II of Belgium, frustrated by his nation's lack of international...
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part of East or Southern Africa. TheCongo River basin has historically been ecologically significant to the populations of Central Africa, serving as an...
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