African Testimony in the Movement for Congo Reform - 9780367589172

Taylor & Francis

African Testimony in the Movement for Congo ReformThe Burden of Proof\nAuthor(s): Robert Burroughs\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367589172, 978-0367589172\nSynopsis\nThe humanitarian movement against Leopolds violent colonisation of the Congo emerged out of Europe, but it depended at every turn on African input. Individuals and groups from throughout the upper Congo River basin undertook journeys of daring and self-sacrifice to provide evidence of atrocities for the colonial authorities, missionaries, and international investigators. \n\nCombining archive research with attention to recent debates on the relation between imperialism and humanitarianism, on trauma, witnessing and postcolonial studies, and on the recovery of colonial archives, this book examines the conditions in which colonised peoples were able to speak about their subjection, and those in which attempts at testimony were thwarted. \n\nRobert .