10. Claiming the Congo by planting flags
In this Episode we see the various facades of King Leopold II's philanthropy as he jostles to claim the central African lands he has just become aware of. He maintains a three prong strategy: escalati...
29 Mar 202124min
9. Summary of pre-colonial Congo and the rise of foreign interest
In this episode we revisit the past before looking at the lands of the Kingdom of the Kongo at the end of the 19th Century. Outside of the Congo Stanley's journey, and details of the River Congo basin...
15 Mar 202123min
8c. Stanley's Congo River Expedition pt 2
In the early 1870's the peoples of the Eastern Congo lived in a land dominated by the Arab-Swahili traders. In search of Ivory these traders had traveled hundreds of miles inland from the Indian Ocean...
1 Mar 202120min
8b. Interval - Stanley's Early Life
Stanleys life before arriving in the Congo in 1873 gives us insights in the wider world at this time. It gives us a window to the plight of the poor in the 19th century Britain, through the American C...
1 Mar 202120min
8a. Stanley's Congo River Expedition pt 1
In the early 1870's the peoples of the Eastern Congo lived in a land dominated by the Arab-Swahili traders. In search of Ivory these traders had traveled hundreds of miles inland from the Indian Ocean...
1 Mar 20217min
7. Arab incursions into the Eastern Congo
In this Episode we see Tippu Tip and the Arab traders, after exhausting the Elephant herds in today's Tanzania, journey West across Lake Tanganyika into the Eastern Congo. Ever in need of more ivory t...
15 Feb 202120min
6. The peoples of the Eastern Congo meet travellers and explorers
In this episode we cover the mid 16th to early 19th century to relay the first meetings between the Arab-Swahili traders and the peoples living in today's Eastern Congo. These traders travelled thousa...
1 Feb 202118min
5. The early history of Eastern Congo
In this episode we depart from the West and the Kingdom of the Kongo to todays Eastern provinces of the DRC. We see the unique topography here and enjoy a more detailed introduction to two further gre...
18 Jan 202118min
