How Did The Democratic Republic Of The Belgian Congo

Belgian Congo was a Belgian colony set in central Africa, which started in 1908. In 1960 it got independent to what is now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Before Congo got colonized the only language that was spoken was the Kongo language, but when the Belgians came, the French language was introduced and taught to Congo. The same thing happened with religion. When Belgian came, Congolese were first introduced to Christianity which is now the most practiced religion in Congo. The firs Europeans to explore Congo were the Portuguese, A Portuguese explorer named Diego Cao came to Congo in 1482 but he didn’t find anything important so he returned to his home land. In the late 1800’s, a British explorer and journalist named Henry Morton would travel alot near
This affected the Congo slaves, so some of them tried to escape, but they couldn’t. If a slave got caught trying to escape, the Belgian army would torture him or maybe even kill him. Under the rule of Belgium, more than 10 million Congo people were killed. This made the Congolese people revolt to stop the torture that the Belgium army are doing to the slaves. This revolt eventually led to a war between the two sides which Congo won and was officially named independent to be the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Belgians in Congo were only brutal and racist with slaves who worked to get the resources, but they were very friendly with the Congo civilians, some of them even learned the traditional language of Congo which was the Kongo language to interact with each other. Some Belgians also learned about the Baluba religion and a few people actually converted to the Baluba religion. When Belgium left Congo it left behind the French language and Christianity which is now the most practiced religion in the Democratic Republic of the