A presentation explaining the history and current events in the RD Congo for AP English Literature students reading Heart of Darkness.

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4. RDC History
1. First Non-African Contacts up to 1885
2. Colonial Period 1885-1960
3. After Independence 1960 -

5. 1. First Non-African Contacts
Tippu Tip
Henry Morton Stanley

8. Leopold II
The Congo
Free State
1885-1908

12. Red Rubber

15. The Emin Pasha Relief Expedition 1886-1889
Leon Rom

16. Belgian Congo
1908-1960

17. 3. After Independence 1960 -
"The day will
come when
history will
speak... Africa
will write its own
history... it will be
a history of glory
and dignity." -
Patrice Lumumba

19. "Who taught us
corruption? I
believe it was
you, frankly... It's
an import.”-
Mobutu Sese
Seko
Zaire

22. The
Rwandan
Genocide
and its
long
Aftermath
1994-

24. “Nature’s
Scandal”
The RDCs
mixed
blessing

25. Coltan

26. …tantalum capacitors are used in
almost every kind of electronic device…

28. Many challenges ahead

30. Murdock
Ethnic
Map
(1959)

33. http://congo2013.weebly.com
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