Tag: Congo history

• Beyond the ‘Puppet State’: Rethinking the 1960-63 Katangese Secession

  

  Edie Christian re-examines the 1960–63 Katangese secession. While traditionally viewed as a “puppet regime” for Belgian mining interests, Christian highlights recent scholarship emphasising the political agency of local leaders like Moïse Tshombe, offering a more nuanced perspective on this postcolonial conflict.

  Retrospect Journal

  15/03/2026

  Academic

  Colonial History, Congo history, Decolonisation of Africa, History, Twentieth Century