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4.28 AVERAGE
4.28 AVERAGE
Long, intense portrayal of colonialism and limits of historial inquiry and advocacy. Valuable insight on conceptions of race and nationality in 19th and 20th centuries
challenging
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informative
slow-paced
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
An interesting book about an important topic. I only wish there were photos in the book.
challenging
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
I dont really know how to review this considering that it is actual history. It makes me sad how little first hand accounts we (are able to) get from Congolese people
dark
informative
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Pedophilia, Murder, Colonisation, Pandemic/Epidemic
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emotional
informative
medium-paced
So much research and humanitarianism went into this! Really appreciated the author expressing his regrets that his information is mostly from Europeans and Americans, and that he wishes there were records from African voices to write this. Also liked him calling to attention that even though Morel etc. advocated for human rights in the Congo, it still doesn’t mean they were against European imperialism, which is partly why Belgian rule in the Congo continued for decades after Leopold’s death in 1909 and why the relatively small country of Belgium was a “safe target” for backlash.
“To tell the full story, it would have to be fiction.”