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The 1892 Luluabourg Siege: Congo's First Anti-Colonial War
Before the Force Publique mutinies and the rubber atrocities, there was the first major armed resistance to Belgian colonial rule in the Congo: the 1892 Luluabourg Siege. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the three-month standoff between the Luba Kingdom and the nascent colonial state. They unpack the role of the Luba king, Ilunga Sungu, who mobilized tens of thousands of warriors to defend his lands from the ivory and slave raiders backed by Leopold II's agents. The hosts examine how the siege nearly succeeded, why it ultimately failed, and how its memory was suppressed in…
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