The History of Belgium: A Small Country with a Giant Colonial Legacy — Fexingo History
FexingoBelgium: a patchwork of Dutch-speaking Flanders and French-speaking Wallonia, a cobbled-together buffer state that punched far above its weight. In its short 1830s independence, it carved out a brutal African empire under King Leopold II—a personal colony that became a byword for atrocity in the Congo Free State (1885-1908). The show traces the arc from the Burgundian and Spanish Habsburg rule, th... more
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In 1950, the Catholic University of Lovanium opened its doors in the hills outside Léopoldville, becoming the first full university in Central Africa. But was it a genuine step toward Congolese empowerment, or a carefully controlled experiment in col... more
In this episode, Lucas and Luna delve into the controversial Congo Village at Brussels' 1958 World's Fair, a year before Congo's independence. They explore how the village was conceived as a showcase of Belgium's 'civilizing mission' but became a fla... more
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the Ngiri-Ngiri Roundabout in Brussels, a little-known monument to Belgium's colonial past. They discuss how this traffic circle, named after a neighborhood in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa), was built in the 1920... more
Long before Belgium formalized its colonial legal system in the Congo, local chiefs and colonial agents clashed over authority. This episode zooms in on a single, extraordinary trial in 1911 at the port of M'Boma, where a Congolese chief named N'Goma... more
In 1921, the Bena-Dibele people of the Belgian Congo rose up against a brutal taxation system and forced rubber collection. This episode focuses on a specific incident: the revolt led by Mwanza, a local chief who organized a tax boycott and attacked ... more
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the life and legacy of Albert Luthuli, a Congolese prophet who led a nonviolent uprising in the Kwango region in 1921. Luthuli's movement, which blended Christian mysticism with anti-colonial resistance, mobili... more
In 1955, Congolese workers at the newly built Tshibumba oil refinery in the Belgian Congo walked off the job, sparking a strike that would expose the deep racial and economic inequalities of colonial rule. This episode follows the strike from its ori... more
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the 1928 Antwerp Olympic Games through the lens of Belgium's colonial propaganda. They focus on the so-called 'Civilising Mission' section of the Olympic Village, where the Belgian government displayed Congoles... more
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