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4 giorni fa · King Leopold II took control of Congo during the 19th century scramble for Africa, but his ruthless plundering of the country is a stain on Belgium’s reputation. As Belgium finally confronts his legacy, we look at the history and the ongoing controversies linked to the country’s colonial era.
26 giu 2024 · King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochchild is an essential read. It’s a raw and brutal account of colonial Belgium in the Congo around the early 20th century. It is shockingly relevant to today because of Leopold’s sinister misinformation campaigns in controlling the narrative for his greedy and murderous enterprises.
1 giorno fa · Ulysses is a modernist novel by the Irish writer James Joyce. Parts of it were first serialized in the American journal The Little Review from March 1918 to December 1920, and the entire work was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach on 2 February 1922, Joyce's fortieth birthday.
25 giu 2024 · The brutal exploitation of the Congo Free State by King Leopold II led to the death of millions of Congolese people, while Leopold himself profited immensely. It is estimated that the population of the Congo was halved within two decades due to torture, rape, murder, and the harsh conditions imposed by rubber harvesting.
28 giu 2024 · In Belgium, too, academic historical attention returned to the colonial past. In 1998, the American historian Adam Hochschild, building on decades of Belgian scholarship, published ‘King Leopold’s Ghost’, a devastating account of Leopold’s private empire. It became an international bestseller.
20 ore fa · Alfre Woodard (/ ˈ æ l f r i ˈ w ʊ d ər d /; born November 8, 1952) is an American actress. Known for portraying strong-willed and dignified roles on stage and screen, she has received various accolades, including four Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards as well as nominations for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, and two Grammy Awards.
30 giu 2024 · King Leopold’s Ghost begins after the colonisation of Africa was well underway, with many of the most prevalent colonial powers, notably England and France, having already established themselves with territory around the coastline of the continent.
