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The Belgian Congo
Manage episode 230657538 series 2498782
Arguably the worst act of colonialism in history were up to 10 million Congolese people died in 2 decades. Main Sources:
Red Rubber - ED Morel
Five Years With The Congo Cannibals - H Ward
Leopold to lumumba: a history of the belgian congo, 1877-1960 - G Martelli
King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in colonial Africa - A Hochschild
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/belgiums-genocidal-colonial-legacy-haunts-the-country-s-future-a7984191.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/649600217/where-human-zoos-once-stood-a-belgian-museum-now-faces-its-colonial-past
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/1458736/Belgian-fury-at-film-on-Leopolds-Congo-terror.html
https://www.britannica.com/place/Congo-Free-State
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/30/congo-belgium-brussels-kinshasa
11 episodes
Manage episode 230657538 series 2498782
Arguably the worst act of colonialism in history were up to 10 million Congolese people died in 2 decades. Main Sources:
Red Rubber - ED Morel
Five Years With The Congo Cannibals - H Ward
Leopold to lumumba: a history of the belgian congo, 1877-1960 - G Martelli
King Leopold's ghost : a story of greed, terror, and heroism in colonial Africa - A Hochschild
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/belgiums-genocidal-colonial-legacy-haunts-the-country-s-future-a7984191.html
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/26/649600217/where-human-zoos-once-stood-a-belgian-museum-now-faces-its-colonial-past
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/1458736/Belgian-fury-at-film-on-Leopolds-Congo-terror.html
https://www.britannica.com/place/Congo-Free-State
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/jun/30/congo-belgium-brussels-kinshasa
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