Congo belge Quotes

“United States President Wilson, guided by a simplistic ideology, wanted to eradicate "imperialism". He wrote a 14-point regulation specifying that the Allies were not allowed to keep any territory they had conquered by arms from the Germans, neither in Europe nor in Africa.”
― André-Bernard Ergo, Congo belge: La colonie assassinée

“At the time, 43 countries out of 60 represented were always ready to vote any anti-colonialist resolution. Belgium did not accept this interference in its internal cuisine and bit off: Belgian Congo forms one and the same state with the motherland, which has one and the same nationality. The Congolese people live within the national borders of the Belgian state (Ryckmans in April 1953). No other country has the right to intervene in the way a sovereign state governs itself. To strengthen its argument, Belgium decided to stop transmitting information about its colony and to stop participating in the meetings of the Special Committee - and for that we do not need the approval of the General Assembly "!”
― André-Bernard Ergo, Congo belge: La colonie assassinée

“The virus of independence-seeking is also spreading in Africa. The Cold War is raging in full force and both power blocs are trying to increase their influence by harnessing the black intelligentsia in the colonies to their respective chariots. Through foreign embassies, the most able students are tracked down and ideologically groomed to play a political role. The colonies must become independent in favour of the neo-colonial policies of Washington and Moscow!”
― André-Bernard Ergo, Congo belge: La colonie assassinée