Congo and Africa's World War: Crash Course World History 221
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In which John Green teaches you about the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which used to be Zaire, which used to be The Belgian Congo, which used to be the Congo Free State, which used to be the region surrounding the Congo River Basin in central Africa. So the history of this place is a little convoluted. The history of Congo is central to the history of central Africa, and the Congo Wars embroiled neighboring countries like Uganda and Rwanda. John will talk you through the history of Congo and the region. You can directly support Crash Course at http://www.subbable.com/crashcourse Subscribe for as little as $0 to keep up with everything we're doing. Free is nice, but if you can afford to pay a little every month, it really helps us to continue producing this content. Citation 1: David van Reybrouck, Congo: The Epic History of a People. Trans. Sam Garrett. Harper Collins. 2014. Citation 2: van Reybrouck. p 468
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African themselves share a lot of blame
Some Asian countries are as much if not more diverse than any African nation with equally bad history of colonization yet they have managed to outgrow this sectarian violence
People have to outgrow this my tribe my culture identity and unite for better purposes -
No Lumumba. No Heart of Darkness. No Coltan. No secession. No Glencore.
Instead poor leadership by uneducated dictator. Followed by corrupt dictator. Invaded by other dictator on killing spree. Followed by corrupt dictator's son who sold out to the Chinese. -
nice sneaky mongol
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"In 1975 Zaire's foreign debt totaled 887 dollars."
Is that number correct? That sounds like very little money. Is it suppose to be in millions or thousands? -
$887? That's it?
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Siege of Jadotville
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(((((Free State))))
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Hooray for King Leopold II!
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Why did you guys plant Ghengis Khan amongst the UN peacekeepers @8:19?
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Great one
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The mongols kept peace in Africa once again
Thanks John!!! -
China is all over Africa at this point.
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Was that sex in their intro? Best history class ever
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Shninskue Nakamura Kinshasa!
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Can you do a video about the other Congo (Brazzaville)
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Ik this isn't world history related but when are you going to talk about the galactic civil war???
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He looks tired
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He's literally the only person I've ever heard say don't forget to be awesome. And I know a lot of people from Indianapolis and Birmingham surprisingly.
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what happened is the same as the rest of africa . It dissolved into a even shittier place
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No mention of Zimbabwe, who didn't help matters.
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