The secession of katanga, 1960 1965 - SlideShare.
In this essay I will focus on one of these boundary disputes, the secession of Katanga from the Congo, and look at how the attitudes of African and international actors differed. The OAU’s Charter of 1963 had been built on the foundations of the Katangese experience, while the conflict also played a key role on the international stage.The Secession of Katanga. Katanga had always been a special case, administered until 1910 by the privately owned Special Committee of Katanga (Comite Special du Katanga).Katanga, historical region in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, bordering Lake Tanganyika to the east, Zambia to the south, and Angola to the west. The name Shaba, the region’s name during the Zairean period, comes from the Swahili word for copper, and the region’s mines yield most of.
However, Katanga was a much more contentious situation. The Belgian military was persuaded to withdraw, but Tshombe was able to recruit innumerable mercenaries due to the fact that vast monetary reserves had been accumulated and deposited in the Katangan national bank during the secession. Tshombe was also backed up diplomatically by Belgian.Do You Have Information on the Congo 1960-63? If you've been following this website you'll know my next book is about the Katanga secession, a fascinating slice of modern history that began in 1960 when Belgium gave the Congo its independence.
In this entire essay, McPherson only speaks briefly about the effect that slavery had on secession, stating that “The fear that slavery was being hemmed in and threatened with destruction contributed to the defensive-aggressive style of Southern political behavior” (McPherson 46). Furthermore, McPherson uses slavery as a way to cement the.
