The political control and compulsion underlying colonial…
1900 CE to 1911 CE
The political control and compulsion underlying colonial policies are the darker side of Belgian paternalism.
Extensive restrictions affect Africans in their everyday life—ranging from prohibition of the purchase of liquor (until 1955) to stringent police surveillance and curfew regulations in the urban centers, and from compulsory crop cultivation to various forms of administrative and social regimentation in the countryside.
People
Groups
Bantu peoples
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Arab people
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Mongo peoples
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Kongo people
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Luba people
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Mangbetu people
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Christians, Roman Catholic
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Zande people
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Kongo, Kingdom of
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Kuba Kingdom
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Lunda people
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Portuguese Empire
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Protestantism
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Chokwe people
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Luba, Kingdom of
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Lunda, Kingdom of
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Kazembe
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Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
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Belgium, Kingdom of
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France (French republic); the Third Republic
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International Association of the Congo
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Congo, French
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Congo Free State (King Leopold's Congo)
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Belgian Congo
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