Some background information for you as we take a look at Conrad's Heart of Darkness, and as you prepare for your research paper due in mid-February:- Wikipedia's article on the Congo Free State (the Belgian Congo)
- A BBC piece on the Berlin Conference that paved the way for King Leopold
- Wikipedia's article on Mobuto Sese Seko, the dictator of the Congo/Zaire from 1965 until shortly before his death from cancer in 1997
- The CIA World Factbook's entry for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire)
