En 1908, Émile Vandervelde, homme politique belge socialiste, se rend au Congo pour enquêter sur les conditions de travail et de vie des habitants. Dans ce journal de voyage, il décrit les réalités brutales du colonialisme et de l'exploitation des ressources naturelles. Ce livre est une critique cinglante de la politique coloniale belge et une plaidoirie pour les droits des peuples colonisés. Les Derniers Jours de l'État du Congo est un livre important de l'histoire du colonialisme. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.