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...half-century has seen the Congo achieve an economic miracle, become the world's leading producer of industrial diamonds, cobalt, uranium, and one of the major exporters of copper and tin. During World War II the Congo even paid the bills for the Belgian government in exile. While Britain and France poured large sums into overseas territories, the Congo colony's $960 million ten-year development plan has been 70% financed by the Congo itself. Not only whites have profited. For the Congo's African citizens there are 2,468 hospitals and dispensaries; more than...
...colonial government's paternal approach was to give the people plenty of economic benefits to keep their minds off their lack of political rights. One Belgian describes the policy as that of a parent who says to his children at table, "Don't talk with your mouths full...
...into the calm heartland of the Congo. Last year Belgium permitted limited elections for the first time, and 13 black and five white mayors took office. Settled in modernistic offices, well paid, and furnished with chauffeur-driven Opel sedans, the African mayors were supposed to act as agents of Belgian authority. Instead, some assumed the old prerogatives of tribal chiefs and seized firm political control of the native communes. Recently African intellectuals in Léopoldville united to form the Congo's first native political party, with the aim of "independence" but "in a reasonable time and by means...
Along with Sir Douglas Haig, British commander in chief during World War I, mud is the villain of this excellent book. It deals mostly with the British campaign around Ypres ("Wipers" to the troops) in 1917, when British soldiers learned on Belgian soil the dread military truth uttered by Napoleon: "God-besides water, air, earth and fire-has created a fifth element...
Then the night life begins. At the cafes of "Belgique Joyeuse" the tourists drink and dance in a model old-time Belgian village. The amusement park is a medley of circus barkers and girlish squeals...