A rich-media website that traces a major expedition into the Belgian Congo (the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) at the dawn of the twentieth century. Includes maps, diary entries, specimens, and recordings as well as a...

Find out about the current history of Democratic Republic of the Congo and the problems it has had since its independence from Belgium. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.

Briefly describes Belgium's role in the Scramble for Africa and provides a little longer explanation of King Leopold's ruthless rule of the African Congo Basin.

Read about the role of King Leopold of Belgium in the colonization of the Belgian Congo and the extreme exploitation of the people living there in a vivid portrayal by Bertrand Russell.

Map showing the location of the Congo State within the African continent, with the equator and Congo River indicated. The Congo State, controlled by Leopold II of Belgium, was established in 1885 as a corporate state similar to the...

A map of Africa as it was known in 1882 before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...

A map of Africa showing the continent prior to the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...