The Continuing Process of Decolonization in the Congo
Fifty Years Later
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2431841 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Newbury (0000-0001-5645-8860, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 131-141 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0206 • E-ISSN: 1555-2462 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/arw.2012.0004 |
| OpenAlex | W2088109318 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 33 |
IntroductionWhile independence negotiations in the Congo were succinct, decolonization was a long and tortuous process. Indeed, in some respects it continues today, at least in the eyes of many people in eastern Congo, who feel that the formal demands of the colonial state are reflected in the informal impositions of the current state-and of neighboring states. Certainly many Congolese today feel that they have no adequate state structure to address their collective needs as a people, or to represent them on an international stage, or even to protect them from invasion, extraction, and occupation. Lacking effective state structures to protect their interests is not new: the colonial state in the Congo was marked by its intrusive presence in mobilizing labor, requiring crop production, and imposing taxes, among many other demands. But the character of life in the Congo today does not reflect anyone's vision of what independence would bring. At best, the last fifty years can be seen as a process of an aborted decolonization, and in some ways the violence now present in the Congo can be seen as the result of the unfulfilled aspirations of decolonization-or as the deferred violence of a decolonization gone awry (see Newbury 2009
Colonialism · Decolonization · Independence (probability theory · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security · Political Conflict and Governance
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Protest and power in Black Africa.
Surviving the Slaughter
The Great African War
Politics in Congo
The Congo from Leopold to Kabila
Rumba Rules
The State-Society Struggle
Africa since 1940
The Trouble with the Congo
Ebutumwa Bw'Emiogo
Dead and Buried or Just Underground? The Privatization of the State in Zaire
Colonialism in Question
Rebellions au Congo
Political Awakening in the Belgian Congo
Patrimonialism and Political Change in the Congo
The Crisis in Zaire
The Congo wars
Possibility and Constraint
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters
The Assassination of Lumumba
Rébellions au Congo
The privatisation and criminalisation of public space in the geopolitics of the Great Lakes region
The massacre of refugees in Congo
History of Central Africa
Mobutu or Chaos? The United States and Zaire, 1960-1990
History of Central Africa
The Second Independence
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2025 (11) |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |