Ko te reo French i te tuatahi ko te reo mana kotahi i whakaaetia e te rangatira me te bourgeoisie. Kua ngaro haere tona hiranga whānui rite riro mohiotia hoki Dutch. riro tenei whakaaetanga mana i roto i 1898 a i roto i 1967 te pāremata i whakaae i te putanga Dutch o te Ture. te Conference Berlin o 1885 tukua te mana o te Congo Free State ki Kingi Leopold II rite tona taonga tūmataiti. i te a tawhio noa 1900 i reira i te āwangawanga nui ao mo te tino, me te nanakia maimoatanga o te iwi Congo i raro i Leopold II, mo nei i te Congo ko te pūtake o te moni i te ivory me te production ivory. i patua maha e kaihoko Congo o Leopold no te kore ki te whakatau i quota ivory me ivory production mō te mutunga o te rautau 19. E kiia ana i te reira i te tuatahi i patua 10 miriona i roto i te kororia o te rangatira me te bourgeoisie. i roto i te pakanga tuatahi i roto i Belgium i te tau 1924, i whakaarohia te mana o te whenua i reira i roto i Belgium. i muri i te pakanga tuatahi i roto i Belgium, i whakaarohia
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