Congo: Literature About It
Sadly, I didn’t read Heart of Darkness of Joseph Conrad which depicts Congo’s struggle. I’ve read only about Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer by Mark Twains and it wasn’t about Congo. I guess I have to read more and I’ll tell you about it later. Apple, my sister commented that Congo must have been the one referred to in King Solomon’s Mine, a book written by H. Rider Haggard.
Now that I thought about it, there was this poem about Leopold’s horrible deeds and there was this movie entitled Blood Diamond. Gee, guess I have lots of stuff to occupy me in the next few days.
P.S I guess the miseries experienced of the citizens in the bottom of social ladder are mainly caused by those who were on top of the social ladder. Look at Congo, had their leaders been responsible enough, their country would have had the chance of peace a long time ago when they had their first independence. Look at Iraq, the same issue with Congo. Their national problems was made worse when foreign country leaders like US (I’m only blaming the leaders) “helped” with the wrong motives. I’m glad Philippines had Rizal when Filipinos thirsted for freedom. Today, because of our education advancement, Filipinos are prevented in resorting to barbarism (although most of our politicians are not far from those Congolese horrible leaders). I guess Rizal was right after all when he wanted Filipinos to prioritize education…or we could have ended like the Congolese.
The CrankyLibrarian