not mentioning Patrice Lamumba is like going over American history without mentioning the civil war

@LOVE..Sherelle

6 жыл бұрын

like without mentioning Martin Luther King Jr.

@hosank

6 жыл бұрын

"So the United States got Independence from the British Empire in 1778 and in 1817, President James Monroe.... "

@EbonomNMfam

5 жыл бұрын

It goes to show that he doesn't understand what went on and is currently going on in DRC

@second2none914

5 жыл бұрын

Crash course is good when it comes to other regions but they’ve always been been inaccurate when it comes to Africa. It’s sad really, coming from an educational channel too.

@andersolson280

5 жыл бұрын

I mean, yeah, Patrice Lumumba led them to “independence” but he was a part of communist society. Not to mention, Moise Tshombe is the more important. I could care less for Mobutu.

I understand this video is used as a precursor to the study of instability in the Congo today, but how can you begin this without first looking at Patrice Lumumba? He's arguably the Godfather of Africa's reclaiming of independence. His rise to power and speeches on Belgian rule alone are worthy of their own study.

Patrice Lumumba completely skipped over. This brings down the quality of this video big time.

@user-gj3rf3qu8g

4 жыл бұрын

it really does...

They even show a pic of Patrice but during the part whew they said "critics of Mobutu". He was before Mobutu. Dammit crash course you've done everything else so well.

I'm Belgian, and we almost don't see that part of History at school. Glad this video was made, thanks :)

@MrDaFailure

9 жыл бұрын

what the hell man, we are supposed to get this, somehow your teacher must have skipped this.

@Koen290493

9 жыл бұрын

I'm belgian, our highschool teacher showed us pictures of the terrible things that happened under leopold II's rule and she spend a large amount of time teaching us about the colonial period. However, in Belgium the amount of colonial history you are taught about really depends on the high school you went to.

@oO_ox_O

9 жыл бұрын

Simon Marlière And nobody else hears anything about Belgium in school. But the images of mutilated bodies in the textbooks are hard to forget.

@mkratos17

9 жыл бұрын

I actively try to avoid learning more about this subject and i think that most people think likewise partly because it's a rather embarrassing part of history.

@farfeforfe3321

9 жыл бұрын

I'm Belgian too and last year my history teacher has spent a lot of time on the history of Congo. Maybe because my school has a lot of belgian native from the congo, it seems illogical to don't speak about this part of our history. As said above, it changes a lot from one school to another.

My vote is for Crash Course: African History. Now I understand that Africa is hugely diverse and the amount of information would be large and unwieldy, but I think it's necessary. As John said, African history is not well understood, and even a mini-series if not a full blow 40 episode course would really help many people understand a group of 1+ billion people whose history is largely misunderstood.

@SethWatersVlogs

9 жыл бұрын

Since Crash Course World History could be called Crash Course European History with almost no change in purpose, I think an African history is feasible, or, at least necessary.

Watching this as a Congolese person is painful 😭😪

@GabriellaGabrielle

8 жыл бұрын

+dorcas Mukobo Loba nanu Dorcas! Eh ! Mama ngai EH ! Nazo report video oyo kutu.....

@jhonsmith8425

8 жыл бұрын

+dorcas Mukobo what do you mean?

@maximeselleslagh3878

8 жыл бұрын

As a Belgian I apologize for what our king Leopold 2 did to the Congolese people. Last year I even chose him for an oral test for 'most evil person ever'.

@GabriellaGabrielle

8 жыл бұрын

***** " WE " will always forgive? Who are the " WE " ? Are you even Congolese? Do you know how the depths of the damage done by King Leopold has impacted the Democratic Republic of the Congo? Don't speak for the Congolese people but , speak only for yourself.

@GabriellaGabrielle

8 жыл бұрын

***** Are you even Congolese? And you obviously don't understand.....

No mention of Patrice Lumumba?

@itkapatanka

7 жыл бұрын

Katherine Shaw only an unamed photo; 4.00

@expatphotographer8745

6 жыл бұрын

Because it's a mediocre video, at best, presented by someone with a clearly limited knowledge of the subject matter who's more interested in interjecting their own ideological views. If they're going to try so hard to force as much postmodernist catch phrases as they can, they can at least get someone who's actually knowledgeable about the issue to present the information.

@Anointed2BlingByRein

6 жыл бұрын

Katherine Shaw I just found out through dna testing I am Congolese and Nigerian. Though born and raised In America, I am interested in learning all I can about my heritage. I know you were asking a question but thank you for her name. I will study her.

@brycelandon6387

5 жыл бұрын

The focus was on the Second Congo War of 1998-2003, not on the Congo Crisis of 1960-1965.

@ShidaiTaino

4 жыл бұрын

Expat Photographer what ideological views?

Please do a series on Africa and South America, they are not well represented in our educational system. ( Africa is only mentioned during the 1800's and South America whenever they are bullied by the U.S.

@GideonGleeful95

9 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I'd really want to see an episode on the place that I use whenever someone says something incredibly ignorant and racist like "Africa is filled with tribes who live in mud huts". That place? The Kingdom of Axum. It breaks like every stereotype about Africa. Small tribes? Empire that, at it's height spanned 1,250,000 km² and included parts of the Arabian peninsula. "Primitive" mud huts? They built an obelisk in 300AD that is 24m tall weighing 160 tonnes that is still standing. Unorganized society? The Kingdom lasted several centuries. No written documentation? They had their own written language that forms the basis of some modern languages in Ethiopia. Uncultured? They had coins showing the heads of their leaders much like the Romans. Backwards and unimportant? They traded as far away as India and Rome, being a key player in the trade network between those two regions. Yeah, it's not exactly a little tribe with mud huts.

@sonnyfields1417

9 жыл бұрын

Randygandalf95 I love you! :) I also want to learn more about the Caribbean Countries since that's where my parents are from.

@GideonGleeful95

9 жыл бұрын

Sonny Fields Yeah. I'm really interested in Axum for some reason, but Wikipedia only has so much info. I'd love for them to be a playable faction in the next civilzation game.

@sonnyfields1417

9 жыл бұрын

Randygandalf95 Cool! Can you tell me more about this civilization Axum. Despite reading a lot of articles and watching a lot of documentaries on Africa, I can't say I've ever heard about it. Do you have a favorite or special ethnic group or tribe you feel connected to or maybe just enjoy their history a lot? I'm going to assume Axum is your answer or one of your answer. I feel a connection with The San Khosian, Fulani, Fulani Wooaabe and the Maasii, I'm pretty sure there are more out their that I can fall in love with. Their culture is so refreshing and interesting.

@thebossmana

9 жыл бұрын

Sonny Fields I am igbo so I'm going to say igbo.

This is a great video and as an African (Kenyan to be specific) I'd appreciate if you hadn't referred to this video as the African world war. It was brutal and it was more civil than continental, thus feeding again into the very occidental concept that Africa is one huge village. Thanks John and co. keep doing you

@caelanr

9 жыл бұрын

Kate Senatskaya WWI had 37m+ deaths, WWII had 60m+ deaths. The First Congo War had

@TheMemzie99

9 жыл бұрын

Kate Senatskaya that doesn't even feed into my statement, it was a Congolese war not an African war. The title was my issue not details of the war

@mafiacat88

9 жыл бұрын

Tachyoff There were some other ones in china, like the Quing ( did I spell that right? I think not.) conquest of the Ming, and Three kingdoms wars at the end of the Han dynasty. ( I KNOW I spelled that one right.) Not arguing here, just adding. But yeah, as far as death toll goes there have not been TOO many (fortunately) that reach into the tens of millions. EDIT: Yep, spelled it wrong, it's actually Qing. That was my bad. My train of thought kind of hit a cow on that one. Also maybe the European colonization of the Americas, but maybe not. The numbers on that one are vague at best.

@TheAwp45

9 жыл бұрын

It was specifically called a world war because of the amount of foreign players. Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi effectively invaded the DRC. Then Kabila called in friends from Angola, Namibia, and Zimbabwe to defend his regime. As in, these countries sent troops to the Congo. Sudan and Chad also provided some level of troops, while Libya provided logistical support. That's 10 countries stretching across the entire continent of Africa. It's not all, most, or even half of the countries in Africa, but like how some call the Syrian-Iraqi Civil War as one big Middle Eastern World War, I would also call the Congo War as an African World War.

@SergeiAndropov

9 жыл бұрын

Tachyoff The An Lushan Rebellion was also up there, and deserves a video of its own. It begins with a triumphant Tang dynasty expanding westward and looking to take over the Ummayad Caliphate. Then the Caliphate has a revolution, the rebels beat the Chinese, the Chinese have a revolution, and the new Abbasid Caliphate sends an expeditionary force to China to help the Empire which had just invaded them. Meanwhile, everybody betrays everybody, and everybody dies. Crazy stuff.

As someone that is actually from the DRC this is something so cool to see. Not much people actually know about our history. So seeing people discuss it makes me happy:)

why did you skip Patrice Lumumba?

@TopeA8

8 жыл бұрын

unassumption He conveniently skipped it because....it would paint America's involvement in the destruction. I wonder why the likes of USA never partnered with visionary leaders like Lumumba! They only ever tangle with shortsighted leaders such as Kagame. The reality is that the west, even till today has NEVER wanted a strong Africa. What they wanted is a continent that they could exploit and nothing has changed. They are not angry about the Chinese involvement, because of the good of Africa, but because China is moving into "their territory". It is like Mafia gangs arguing about turf. They wanted Lumumba dead. Mobutu and then the Kabila's are the legacy that they left. I wonder where Congo would be today if it was not exploited for most of its history by opportunistic powers such as Germany, Belgium and the USA.

@1kislandstare

8 жыл бұрын

+unassumption there's a picture of him @4:01, but he's never mentioned by name which is bothersome.

@mansakoabi.4856

8 жыл бұрын

+TopeA8 Don't forget Portugal. And also the flourishing kingdom of Kongo

@nuntiusmortis6927

8 жыл бұрын

+TopeA8 There's a reason why the US never partnered with leaders like Lumumba. USA only partnered with anti-communists during the Cold War and Lumumba wasn't an anti-communist.

@kimeonyoung914

7 жыл бұрын

I liked your comment, but I wish I could have clicked a 'grimace' button instead.

love that you did this episode! my father was a tutsi and my mom a congolese. i was born in kinshasa and all of these wars are the reason we had to flee and come to the u.s as refugees. really enjoyed this crash course! keep making these sort of videos :)

I was saddened, as a fan of @crashcourse, and continually impressed by their great work, that they completely skipped Patrice Lumumba, albeit a single photo of him and never mentioning him by name. You could have done better, there.

@emmasong9035

4 жыл бұрын

its immensely disappointing I am incredibly saddened as well. This is an extremely important topic and this video is truly an atrocity. :(((

After 55 Years the World Remembers Patrice Lumumba Miroslav Atanasov, Ph.D., Renmin University of China Angry crowds gathered at Belgian embassies in European cities during the third week of January 1961. A protest at the UN turned violent and spilled over into the New York streets. That international uproar was caused by one of the most important political assassinations of the 20th century. A few months after being deposed, the first democratically elected prime-minister of the Congo (DRC) Mr. Patrice Emery Lumumba, 35 year old, was executed on January 17, 1961. The crime was jointly planned by the Belgian and American governments and assisted by certain political and economic interests in the mineral-rich central African nation. Lumumba was born in 1925 in a farming family of the Tetela tribe in Katakokombe, Kasai province, Belgian Congo. Educated in Catholic and Protestant schools he spoke five languages. He worked as a clerk and traveling salesmen. In 1958 he became one of the founders of the Mouvement National Congolais (MNC). He represented the organization at the All-African People’s Conference in Accra, hosted by the legendary Ghanaian president Kwame Nkruma who inspired Lumumba on the ideals of Pan-Africanism. Lumumba was imprisoned in October 1959 for inciting anti-colonial riots, but released a few months later to participate in the round-table conference in Brussels deciding Congo’s future. The conference set June 30, 1960 as the date when Congolese independence would be granted. When the MNC won the national elections Joseph Kasa-Vubu was appointed president and Lumumba - Prime-Minister of the new country. Many dignitaries attended the independence ceremony in Leopoldville (present-day Kinshasa) including Belgian King Baudouin II, who gave a patronizing speech praising the “genius” of his great-grand uncle Leopold II; Leopold was responsible in fact for the destruction of 10 million Congolese lives during his brutal rule (1885-1908). Lumumba delivered a shocking impromptu speech, alluding to Belgium’s colonial crimes and declaring that Congolese blood had paid for their independence. Belgium was not accustomed to hearing the truth about their dark colonial past especially from the mouth of an African man and began seeking ways to silence him. Several days later Lumumba raised the pay of government officials, but not the military, which was still under Belgian control. That resulted in a nation-wide mutiny and chaos. Many Europeans left Congo causing a media sensation. The provinces of Katanga and South Kassai seceded with the backing of Belgian intervention troops and mining companies. United Nations units arrived to handle the crisis, but refused to intervene in Katanga, which was under the leadership of Moise Tshombe. After that refusal, Lumumba called on the Soviet Union for help, which alarmed the west. Kasa-Vubu, who preferred a more moderate approach, dismissed Lumumba as Prime-Minister. Lumumba called the action illegal and declared Kasa-Vubu deposed with the support of the Congolese Senate. In September 1960 Colonel Joseph Mobutu organized a coup and took control of the country. Lumumba was placed under house arrest. At the UN the Soviets demanded his immediate Lumumba’s supporters managed to smuggle him out in a car, but his escape was foiled by Mobutu’s troops. On January 17 Lumumba was flown to Katanga with two associates - Maurice Mpolo and Joseph Okito. They were all tortured and beaten. Late that evening without any trial they were taken to the woods and shot by firing squads. Belgian officers presided over the murders, then chopped the bodies in pieces and burnt them in sulfuric acid. Lumumba was considered a dangerous threat to Western interests in Africa, because he spoke of economic independence. The former colonizer didn’t mind allowing locals to play politics, but the vast mineral wealth of the Congo, which had made little Belgium rich and powerful, was out of the question. The United States justified the need to eliminate Lumumba by the Cold War realities. They could not allow local Congolese control over their own resources lest they fall into Soviet hands. One of the last acts of President Eisenhower was to authorize the C.I.A. to kill Lumumba. The C.I.A., which still denies responsibility, had prepared a poisoned toothpaste for the purpose, but later developments made its use unnecessary. In 1966 Lumumba’s image was rehabilitated and he was declared a national martyr. The first Kabila regime erected a monument of him in Kinshasa recently. Streets in over 30 countries bear his name. The Soviet Union named a university after him. In 2002 Belgium officially apologized for the crime and set up a $ 3.25 million fund in his name to promote democracy in the Congo. Today’s Congolese remember Lumumba for lifting up the ideals of national unity, African solidarity, and economic independence. His murder was a devastating blow to an infant democracy committed by the “democratic” west, whose atrocious colonial legacy is still evident in the thousands of deaths that occur daily in Congo’s eastern provinces.

@GabriellaGabrielle

8 жыл бұрын

+Miroslav Atanasov Thank you!

@PedroAguiar

8 жыл бұрын

Lumumba is a hero for all post-colonial liberated peoples of the world. Even he in Brazil there are people who admire what he did (and what he could have done more).

@GabriellaGabrielle

8 жыл бұрын

Pedro Aguiar I agree!

@failedfishermanBC

8 жыл бұрын

How was this not mentioned in this video? Come on +CrashCourse you're dropping the ball.

@GabriellaGabrielle

8 жыл бұрын

Gagan Baath Americas attempt to "protect" its allied.

3:26 "in 1975 Zaire's foreign debt totaled 887 dollars" wait... what??

Dear all those people saying "This proves black people suck; can't run their own countries; are stupid", I am so jealous of how easy your life must be. It's so hard constantly having to think and reflect and challenge what I know and reflect on my own social and cultural advantages and disadvantages. I just wish I could take a short answer and go with it. Sadly, I have a thing in my head that is designed for critical thinking. It thinks about the stories I've heard, the stories I haven't heard, and how I can never, ever, ever sum up any person, or any people, in a single sentence effectively. I wish I could write a single sentence about black people, but it would just go on for ever because I want to say and share so much! But, maybe I should take solace in my inability to write a single story of a place, a people, a person. And as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie put it: "Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity....When we reject the single story, when we realize that there is never a single story about any place, we regain a kind of paradise." Alas! I wish I could settle for your single story of all black people! But I can't, because I want to regain a kind of paradise, for myself and for others. -Seth P.S., I just tried turning my brain off for a second, but when my bowels released, I freaked out and turned it back on. I still wish I had your powers to simply not care and sit in feces at the computer! Fie!

@343GuiltysparkHALO

9 жыл бұрын

If you are capable of critical thought then you would have critically thought your way out of the very real problem of the 1500 year gap of any white europeons meddling with africa , yet the second they show up sub saharan africans had not even discovered the wheel. Darwin wrote about this. Dont know why im talking to you about this , you probly think the egyptians were black

@clydevandertipp1074

9 жыл бұрын

As a moderator of Reddit, I agree with this post.

@SethWatersVlogs

9 жыл бұрын

343GuiltysparkHALO Egyptians being black! That's preposterous! That would be thinking that All Africans are the Same. Which would be a single story. Which would be dangerous. Arguably, modern egyptians are more related to West Asians, thought their heritage and specific forms of cultural practices are unique and distinct. I would need to go on, but you seem content with a single story.

@GarlicPudding

9 жыл бұрын

343GuiltysparkHALO *_"Darwin wrote about this._* Where? When?

@DeathBringer9000

9 жыл бұрын

single story for all black people? thats terribly ignorant. Africa is an enormous continent with a billion people on it. the cultural differences between the various nations and tribes of Africa are as large as the cultural differences of the people in Asia. the Ashanti and the Zulu would find each other as different as a Turk and a Bamar.

Sorry this is just the flag-OCD in me speaking, but at 11:45 in the diplomatic meeting image you used, the flags in the Background are the REPUBLIC of Congo and China, not the DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC of Congo. Totally understandable mistake though. -And you are still like my favorite channel

@DRZEROSKULL

9 жыл бұрын

bro plz make viddeo 3 times a week it will be much better

@GeographyNow

9 жыл бұрын

Zeke Martin I wish I could but it takes a long time to research, write, film, edit and animate dude. But thanks for following!

@besinoo3038

9 жыл бұрын

GEOGRAPHY NOW!!! HE POSTED HERE!

@melaniehazelwind4453

9 жыл бұрын

OMG I love your Channel Geography Now !!!!! I KNEW you would post here!!

@oliviamattinson9568

9 жыл бұрын

Geography Now can't wait for Australia! Are you going to upload before Australia day?

Hmmm, no mention of Patrice Lumumba's assassination at the beginning of de-colonization. Kind of important to show how Western interference in the Congo even after colonization officially "ended" continued to sabotage the chances Congolese had to form a functioning government.

@thesixxrocker

8 жыл бұрын

+Thisold Hatte he has also avoided to mention several other situations where the USA got involved, such as in the Forgotten Holocaust, in Mobutu's storyline and even in other, several videos (I was surprised he didn't cover Pinochet's dictatorship in Chile, before realising how much the USA were involved) I reckon it is mainly because of fear of being told off from sponsors, since the topics are quite ""controversial"" (American word for "we don't really want to take responsibility over our mistakes")

@theannoyingfan100

6 жыл бұрын

lumumba was a communist during the cold war .. what did you expect

@theannoyingfan100

6 жыл бұрын

Nationalizing your resources ... is a communist thing also he did have contact with the soviet union because where do you think he got his guns from since america didn't want to help him (they don't have to).

@nakenmil

6 жыл бұрын

Several countries have nationalized various resources without being communist. Britain for example, or Norway. It's not really communism until the entire economy is nationalist, which as far as I know, it never was in Congo. That being said, the issue wasn't really communism or capitalism, it was corruption.

@B-MG

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Thinking the same think. This is a very light touch history lesson but rather pointless if you skip over important elements that the points you have made.

Pretty good video, but I can't believe that you left out Patrice Lumumba. He's pretty damn important to the history of the Congo and his assassination played a large role in everything that came after it.

I object to anyone doing a history of the Congo and A) only touching upon Belgian rule, B) skipping over the complex and brutal story of how Mobutu came to power and C) showing a picture of Patrice Lamumba without bothering to explain who he was, or giving an indication that he was more than just a random critic of the government.

@megang712

9 жыл бұрын

It's Crash Course, not Every Detail Course.

@Frahamen

9 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the failed guerrilla by Kabila and Che Guevarra.

@IsYitzach

9 жыл бұрын

Considering I haven't anything really substantive on African history, you should be glad we got that much.

@GarethField

9 жыл бұрын

Those sound like *awesome* things to *not* focus on.

@barrygormley3986

9 жыл бұрын

Megan G Those things are all more important than what John actually does talk about. I'm gonna go ahead I guess you don't know that much about this topic which means you shouldn't have responded to me in the first place.

You skipped Lumumba??? That's like doing a history of Turkey without Ataturk!!!

@marvinmandela948

4 жыл бұрын

@YNWA Life The first democratically elected leader of the country who was assassinated by the CIA and MI6 according to unravelled documents.

Zaire debt totaled 887 dollars? I can clear that debt if they build me a statue there.

@DrewKF

7 жыл бұрын

Can you not pay for the statue too? Doesn't sound like they really have the cash to commission any artworks with three-figure-debts like that looming over them!

@tylerkane5603

7 жыл бұрын

dude we all could i couldve taken over as emperor 😄

@debodatta7398

6 жыл бұрын

He meant 887 million

@stuartwood9339

6 жыл бұрын

Bru he said only $887 in 1975 to emphasize how much it had gone to in 1990, when they owed $10 bil

@RukiaBlackBlazer

5 жыл бұрын

And they gave uneducated folks 47million dollars..? that's like giving your teen & unlimited credit card, knowing they'll run up a crippling debt. FROM $887 TOO 47MILLION IN DEBT. That was gonna work out great. smh.

11:50 those are Republic of Congo flags NOT DRC flags

@blacksultan85

5 жыл бұрын

*Abdulla Alkhoori* you right

@alexn.2901

5 жыл бұрын

lol this video is a mess

@narayandejesus218

4 жыл бұрын

That's true, but the reality is it's all The Congo, that was Zaire, that is now split with ongoing issues. These are all one people and China is invested not only in both Congos, but just about everwhere in Africa.

No mention of Lumumba? You're unbelievable

@thomashillock2512

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think they did it maliciously it was sad they missed his story but i don't think they didn't on purpose. John isn't one to shy way from the abuses and mistakes of American which he did in the Rwandan Genocide segment.

Never take ap Chem and world together. When he mentions IMF I thought Inter-molecular Forces thanks stress

How is this age restricted?

I'm from congo and watching this has really helped me understand the history of my country because I live in Britain, Scotland and I've always wanted to know more about congo!.

In school we learn European and American history, possibly some Chinese and Indian history as well. I feel that it's important not just to learn the history we're "most related to." African history should be taught alongside every other culture's history, and since that's not going to happen any time soon, CrashCourse should definitely make more African history videos.

@Freepepsi42

9 жыл бұрын

When I was in High School we had a World Issues Course. It touched on European Colonialism in Africa, its lasting effects, Globalization, I even did my mid-term paper on the Socio-Economic Effects of Landmines in the Third World (Developing world). It was really interesting stuff. By far the most interesting and academically challenging course I got to take.

i cant believe how much i didn't know about something that was going on in my lifetime. awesome work!

This was a very positive and informative video, thank you.

Uhhhh, no mention of Lumumba? Why?

Great video. I'm usually a huge fan of Crash Course and I appreciate the effort to speak on this subject but admittedly I have one critique. It would have been meaningful to speak about how exactly Congolese Independence was gained and the fallout caused by Belgium that lead to Mobutu's coup. The elements of instability that have not been discussed here would have served to to set the stage a bit better for a more critical questioning about the politics of decolonization. Understanding the need to manage the length of these videos its understandable. However Patrice Lumumba is a national hero to many Congolese and is definitely alluded to as he is shown in a picture during the video but not talked about which directly relates to Mobutu. However all in all....another awesome video!

Really enjoyed this episode!!!! I Really hope you do more on Africa. As an African, I feel a platform like yours can shed some light on us in a more honest fashion. Please also share more success stories of Africa, like South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, etc

Love you John. You are enough. Thanks for being so awesome on top of it.

literally the only restricted crash course history

I'm doing a video about King Leopold II and the Forgotten Holocaust. Thanks for the video on what has happened since decolonization. We love your vids!

@axelab238

8 жыл бұрын

+vidhead85 Can I have the link when the video's ready?

@vidhead85

8 жыл бұрын

Axel Assi-Bodje Most definitely!

@PitLord777

8 жыл бұрын

+vidhead85 Is it ready yet? King Leo was one funny dude. ...Said no one ever.

@-SUM1-

8 жыл бұрын

I can't believe you called this video helpful, when it completely missed out Patrice Lumumba. Go look history up online next time if you want to learn stuff.

@TeilZeitGott27

8 жыл бұрын

+PitLord777 But he had an awesome beard :D

Excellent and important choice of subject.

@bahamankris

9 жыл бұрын

insomniacfolder Not really, he left out Patrice Lumumba. A democratically elected leader who wanted to nationalize a lot of Congo's resources and cut foreign aid. Guess what happened to him? He was assassinate by a joint effort between the CIA and Belgium. Oh joy!!!! Guess who replaced Lumumba? The American backed dictator, Mobutu.

Does anyone else come here for entertainment as well as to learn random things?? Ive been out of school for 5 years now so I have nothing to study for I just like this guy and these videos!!

Hats of to you man!!! I used to watch this channel during high school!

where was this video when i had a project on African kingdoms due last week

@tim-myton6361

9 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the exact same thing when the reformation video came out as I'm writing a massive essay on the period.

@lucasleturia6886

9 жыл бұрын

This video is a month late

@IntroSpectre6x3

9 жыл бұрын

I definitely want whatever class you had that demanded a project on African kingdoms.

These are my favorite videos on KZread. Seriously, great job.

awesome class and teacher, thank you so much. i am 45 years old and still learning and it woudl not be possible unless we had a good teacher. kudos to you!

In Spanish "Kagame" sounds like "Cagame", which literally means "shit on me".

@saftytorch4435

6 жыл бұрын

The Masked Man that's very shitty.

well you "accidently" forgot to mention that the government after the decolonisation was mostly educated on european universitys, the belgians sacked the financial reserves etc before leaving, they planned the katanga uprising and insubordination of the army, declared lumumba a communist, send in their troops just a few months after decolonisation to secure the belgian owned mining industry (wich was the biggest industry in the congo at that time) the usa jumped on the wagon and a cia assasination of the democraticly elected president lumumba was conducted and belgians and the usa supported the katanga uprisings. its again a piece of cold war politics of the united states, like vietnam, korea etc

In seventh grade our social studies teacher showed us this video while we were studying the history of Africa. My friend, who sat next to me, looked up from her copy of The Fault In Our Stars to whisper "This is boring. I don't really like this guy." to me. What followed was the most personally satisfying conversation I've ever had.

i like your videos very much! they seem pretty objective, a rare quality these days.

So thankful for these videos. Gosh. I learned NO history of Africa thanks to my high school curriculum. This stuff is so important.

you forgot to mention lumumba :(

As a Brit I can also add the I have NEVER been offered ANY African history in the educational system, Even whilst studying Genocide at Undergrad level. I guess that would mean recognising the massive negative effects that the British State has had on the developing world, And the role it has had in re-writing world history.

@aadamshaujhat1108

9 жыл бұрын

I am British as well and we only learn about British history or american history such as Vietnam or the wild. So its unfair to say we are biased against Africa because the history lesson only talk about the UK, USA and Russia occasionally.

@TheAwillz

9 жыл бұрын

Firstly I didn't mention fair or bias so I'm not sure where you got that. Secondly you say that we only learn British and American History, this is a half truth as history lessons in the UK entitle their courses "Modern World History" and "Twentieth Century History" (source 2015 BBC bite size, History GCSE) which clearly imply more than just the UK and the USA, whilst only offering information on the UK and USA. We also have a lot of school courses dedicated to wartime Germany. My question to this would be why? And as for your point about in not being unfair as we only learn about UK and USA makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, it's like saying beating someone is not unfair as your beating someone, please clarify that. It is also evident that you don't understand the fact that the African and Indian colonies were one of the major factors for Britain's prosperous empire and therefore are intrinsically linked with the history of the UK. It is very important as history is part of what creates the fabric of cultural identity and therefore can help or hinder those who are portrayed in a good or bad way by it. I understand bias is inherent, but the lack of scope in British history lessons is either malicious or plain stupid.

@aadamshaujhat1108

9 жыл бұрын

TheAwillz sorry thought you meant something else, since I agree with you now that we should learn more about the British empire.

@TheAwillz

9 жыл бұрын

No worries bro, I completely agree.

@KVQ0

8 жыл бұрын

TheAwillz History is written by the victor. Now why would they mention anything to there populace about anything negative about them eh? that wouldnt look to good would it?

Thank you so much for creating this video! It was immensely insightful and very much needed. And even though the jokes were a bit dismal, the humor that came across it didn't fail lol.

I've read that book and it was a beautiful piece of literature, wonderfully portraying the utter horror that was Leopold's Congo

It's about time this video came up been waiting weeks

I literally created this new account to watch this, the pursuit of knowledge and wisdom/curiosity is greater than all else.

Hey I really liked this video! This video shed a lot of light on Africa's politics, economic situations, and other issues that are not normally discussed. Could you guys find more information on issues in Africa or maybe about its history.

Funny. My african friends and a third of my stepmom's family are Congolese and I live in Belgium right now.

@ii121

9 жыл бұрын

***** you're so edgy and funny.

@raymanscape

9 жыл бұрын

Kate Senatskaya i'd say both

@IAmDaedem

9 жыл бұрын

***** So give them some money and get them out of poverty. Checkmate atheists.

@ShamiAmourae

9 жыл бұрын

***** Uh oh here come the SJWs. They want to see Belgium turned into a 3rd World shithole.

@thomasdrzik5299

9 жыл бұрын

***** Dude if you want to seem cool how about doing the opposite of what ur doin? Everyone on youtubes a racist nowadays

Great video, I am from the Congo and those o formations are relevant, Thank for being interested in our history and sharing it with the rest of the world. your French thou! lool

@verl0000

6 жыл бұрын

He's not French

@sjappiyah4071

6 жыл бұрын

QuerkyBren She said “your” french, not “you’re” french , meaning that she was talking about his french speaking abilities, not his nationality

This was unbelievably excellent; thank you. I've taken a great interest in the hardships that the Congolese people have faced at the hands of King Leopold II, and this helps place things in perspective. Thank you for packing so much information in, and also for helping ease us into the plight of the African people.

These videos are AWESOME.

How can you do a video about post-colonial Congo and not even say Patrice Lumumba's name?

I read King Leopold's Ghost in one of my required history classes in college. It was pretty eye-opening. Fun fact: Mark Twain was quite outspoken about colonization and wrote a biting satire about the Congo Free State called King Leopold's Soliloquy. It's interesting stuff, but also utterly harrowing.

i love this channel ,you always need more knowledge , and crash course delivers.

WOw! This was so informative! I learned more from this video about African history then I ever did when I was in school

So in other words Europeans screwed up, Africans payed the price?

@3000kristian

9 жыл бұрын

Well the belgians did in this case. You know we're not a single country.... Also from the belgians point of view back then they didn't screw up because they didn't care for congo. But yeah fuck Leopold.

@jasonhughes4903

9 жыл бұрын

I never said they were a single country, I was just grouping the colonizers on the continent into one group.

@FlamingAnimation

9 жыл бұрын

Comrade Jason Yeah, because Europeans are all the same (rolls eyes).

@jasonhughes4903

9 жыл бұрын

I realize they aren't, it's a general grouping of people who live on the continent of Europe

@FlamingAnimation

9 жыл бұрын

Comrade Jason And it's also pretty idiotic grouping

I´d like to hear about how Somalia ended up where it is today.

@thezebraherd8275

6 жыл бұрын

Jabberdau communism in the 90s

Thank you for this episode.

fascinating and tragic.. again, thanks for your research and presentation.. nice job!

Why is this video age-restricted???

"To Patrice Lumumba; Just trying to fight for what's real and destroyed by his own people" - - Nas - My Country Rap actually taught me stuff

That was amazing! Such a good lesson!

That opening remark about not talking about Africa enough in world history classes made my heart jump and i almost shed a tear. finally someone gets it!

Geography Now brings me here

Came here from Geography Now, anyone else?

@Hap90Taz

8 жыл бұрын

me

@antstik99

8 жыл бұрын

yup

@iuriepripa3171

8 жыл бұрын

+Lewis Grace I had actually watched this video in the past, but it's never bad to go through CC again... and again... and again...

@DarkshadowXD63

8 жыл бұрын

I am here for them to eat waffles

@magickbrother164

8 жыл бұрын

+Lewis Grace I love Crash course and Geography Now

Classic episode. Very informative.

ive had such a thirst for knowledge of this world. this show is amazing!

Funny how we always say we dont talk enough of African history in history classes. We arnt even talking enough about Norwegian history in Norwegian history classes.

@torrace12

5 жыл бұрын

really no norwegian history???!

Wow this video sure glosses over a huge amount of external forces (US, Belgium, etc.). Lumumba anyone????? Wtf John?

@trollgod4911

8 жыл бұрын

IKR. Didn't the French put the Hutus in power.

@wachtwoorden2

7 жыл бұрын

No Belgians did, I think

@kikikareema5912

7 жыл бұрын

Like how the Belgium oppressed the Hutus and treated the Tutsis better which created jealousy and resentment towards the Tutusis or how the Congo genocide killed 10 million Congolese and the Belgium didn't leave Congo until 1965.

Man, this was a good one. Great thoughts.

i love your work, keep it up

I'd love to have one of these videos on Somalia/Sudan/East Africa. I've never understood those conflicts there.

Many of your facts are biased. Kabila wasn't killed by "his child soldiers" . Kabila was very popular among the Congolese population and actually brought up interesting programs. There are some books you can read on his leadership. You forgot to mention Zimbabwe who was also involved. Also you don't talk about Lumumba and later the mulele uprising and omegang operation. Good subject to raise but must be correctly presented.

@MortarartAu

9 жыл бұрын

Frederic Dahlmann Finally someone who actually knows something about Congolese history. It's rather striking that he didn't mention Lumumba or the CIA plot to kill him, or the UN attempts to stopping Congo going to hell in the 60s.

Refreshing to finally get a Crash Course dedicated to Africa, they've such a rich and interesring history.

this channel is awesome!!

RIP Muhammad Ali

I like how u have to keep it not x rated so that people can watch this

@emmasong9035

4 жыл бұрын

ummm its still x rated

Damn it John Green, I may not agree with you on everything you have a very special way of teaching world history that I can't help but admire.

Great stuff, encore, encore thanks

China seems like they should have some experience with rapid infrastructure development. If they help set up general infrastructure rather than just what is required for colonial-ish wealth extraction, it seems like a pretty good deal. Sure it's not as ideal as a completely functional and sovereign nation, but that doesn't look like a realistic possibility for the time being.

@VictorKyalo

9 жыл бұрын

I support their investments through out Africa as long as its not dumping or extracting. This makes them better that they are doing things rather than other countries that are all talk.

@cleodello

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah, we'll see how it goes.

@Blargkkake

9 жыл бұрын

Victor Kyalo I generally agree w/ Joseph Stiglitz in that dumping by its definition can be made to mean anything & is often used as a pejorative to competitors. Infrastructure and the knowledge of infrastructure is traded to the Congolese at a loss to the Chinese. It is being subsidized by the government with an expectation that the investment in the prosperity of the people will pay off in the long run. On the other hand unsubsidized but cheap manufactured goods which encroach on traditional markets is generally seen as dumping, despite it being a genuine case of comparative advantage. Tactics that don't benefit the majority are always at play, but they tend to get minimized when there is genuine competition for business American, Chinese, African, or otherwise.

You really need to cover Patrice Lumumba and the initial period of independence if you are going to cover the Democratic Republic of the Congo. One reason is that very few Americans are aware of the events that happened after independence and it would give you a great opportunity to educate them which I assume is your goal in making these videos. Secondly in my opinion it is actually somewhat deceptive to gloss over this period because most people will walk away with the wrong impression of why the initial democratic government failed.

U r a genius.....the lecture captured my mind more intensely than any back in engineering school

U r boss bro keep it up:) !!! I am new here and am already hooked luv it.

A fantastic show, finally a upload on africa, like to see more on african nations and history

@thisisaname5589

6 жыл бұрын

Why? Africa doesn't.... really matter nearly as much as any other continent. Probably excepting Australia

@franciscoencinas8371

6 жыл бұрын

Marshall Dan that's your opinion man. There are a lot of people really interested in Africa's rich history.

@supersentaipepsi3736

6 жыл бұрын

Marshall Dan that's your opinion, and we get tons of cobalt and diamonds from them, and they have some of the most important wildlife on the planet and it's the birthplace of humanity and we are constantly finding new things, so it is as important, what a bollock you are.

Thank you for giving unbiased information of Africa to the world.

@Merf_Gaming

6 жыл бұрын

"unbiased"

please do a video specifically on the Conference of Berlin. I enjoy your videos and was hoping to find one on this topic. There are others out there but the way you do them is fun and engaging for young people....thanks for your work!

I really needed this info : )

5 seconds after upload, and 125 views.

@jefferygibson6817

9 жыл бұрын

LOL Nerd Gang

VIKING NEXT PLEASE!

Thanks for the tip on King Leopold's Ghost. Excellent book!

Excellent!!! Thanks!!

This video does not go in depth enough about Lumumba and King Leopold. Dislike.

@100yearsofsolitudful

7 жыл бұрын

it deosnt even mention him

@injusticeanywherethreatens4810

7 жыл бұрын

100yearsofsolitudful Good point!

@jorenvanderark3567

6 жыл бұрын

ThatOneEngineeringStudent Well he only has 10 to 15 minutes to cover a large topic.

@kaiserwilhelmii9281

5 жыл бұрын

Go watch an video about king leopold and patrice lamumba if you want that