Have you heard about the colonial abuses in Congo by Kind Leopold's colonial government; then by the Belgian colonial authorities following his death? Read the book "King Leopold's Ghost" and you will never feel the same again about sitting at the Quartiere Leopold in Brussels or in the many places bearing the king's name. You will feel horrified.
Millions died in King Leopold's Congo and yet more were mutilated; usually their hands cut off but often other body parts too. Belgian school books don't mention this; Belgians are blissfully ignorant of the reality. The big African Museum of Brussels doesn't show the cruelties. Unbelievable especially when bearing in mind that Belgium has the famous law allowing prosecution of human rights abuses anywhere.
Everywhere except in Belgium or by Belgians it seems.
posted by Emilia.kk @ 8:48 PM
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