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The 1892 Lualaba Campaign: Belgium's Conquest of the Congo's Heart
In 1892, Belgian commander Francis Dhanis led a brutal military campaign along the Lualaba River, crushing Arab-Swahili slaving states and expanding Leopold II's Congo Free State. This episode follows the march from Basoko to Kasongo, the betrayal of Tetela allies, and the Maxim guns that mowed down defenders at Nyangwe. We meet Sefu bin Hamid, son of Tippu Tip, whose forces were shattered by Dhanis's disciplined Force Publique. The campaign sealed Congo's fate as a colony, but at a cost of thousands of African lives. Lucas and Luna discuss the battle tactics, the role of…
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