I would not recommend Heart of Darkness to a beginner on the Congo. Yes it deals with the brutality of Belgian colonialism... but it's dated and has it's own racist portrayal of Africa as the dark continent with primitive peoples.
I would tho second King Leopold's Ghost as a brilliant overview of colonialism in the Congo.
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Friends of the Congo: http://www.friendsofthecongo.org/films-a-videos.html has some great resources about this.
Another classic is Heart of Darkness (although a fiction, it tells much about colonialism)
King Leopold's Ghost is also a great read: http://www.amazon.com/King-Leopolds-Ghost-Heroism-Colonial/d...
I would not recommend Heart of Darkness to a beginner on the Congo. Yes it deals with the brutality of Belgian colonialism... but it's dated and has it's own racist portrayal of Africa as the dark continent with primitive peoples.
I would tho second King Leopold's Ghost as a brilliant overview of colonialism in the Congo.