The Congo basin is a vast area of land in Africa which straddles the Equator. Its historical records begin with the 'discovery of the Congo River by the Potugese'.(Nelson 1994:2) This land was inhabited long before European arrival, the Mongo and other indigenous people of this area already lived in this area. This essay will delineate the short term and lasting effects of European Imperialism in the Congo basin in regard mostly to the Mongo. …showed first 75 words of 2037 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2037 total…face the atrocities which their ancestors faced. Bibliography Harms, Robert. 1975 'The End of Red Rubber: A Reassessment.' Journal of African History16: 73-88. Hostelet, Georges 1954 L'Oeuvre civilisatrice de la Belgique au Congo de 1885 a 1953. Brussels:ARSC. Jolly, Margaret 1994 Women of the Past. Chur: Harwood Academic Publishers. Leplae, Edmond 1920 'La situation agriculture au Congo belge en 1919.' Bulletin Agricole du Congo.10: 1-23. Nelson, Samuel H. 1994 Colonialism in the Congo Basin 1880-1940. Athens: Center for International Studies.