'Biography of King Leopold'

' well-nigh African countries argon often exposit as war torn and so internally conflicted that there is little go for of ever progressing and solving their hold societal issues. Within this tilt there is a lot of truth, as the majority of African countries birth experient political force caused by the ongoing power oppose and a neer ending hertz of instability. Of all the African countries, the Democratic republic of Congo has been determined in a category of its feature due to its curiously violent compound experience at a lower place big businessman Leopold II. Without stepping pedestal into the Congo, Leopold would use his unchecked power to human action the agricultural into his profess personal vacation spot of riches. Under his rule, the Congolese experienced scotch do workation that direct to the enslavement and locoweed killings of its natives.\nFrom the time King Leopold II do it to power in 1865 he have ambition more bigger than Belgium and verbalize his dissatisfaction with how weak the country was compared to its European neighbors. Belgium at this time was a neutral partition off and unable to control in personal business that threatened its neutrality. Leopold entangle the only itinerary to increase its wealth and prestige was to own a colony. Since the majority of Belgian officials didnt want to localize in colonies, Leopold stipendiary out of bulge for the Congo. Learning from his preceding attempts to own a colony, Leopold knew that in rig to fully exploit the Congo he would have to defeat the area and have unlimited glide slope to money and resources. In 1876 Leopold called the Brussels geographical Conference to plow future activity by Europeans in Africa. At the group discussion he proposed the cerebration of establishing the African world(prenominal) Association (AIA) which would be an organization move to the development and polish of the Congolese age introducing them to science and feast Christianity. To persuade officials rough his involvement with the Congo, Leopold draw the Congolese as savages... '