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442 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication date: 01 October 1999
Description
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber...
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dark 83%
challenging 57%
sad 56%
reflective 32%
emotional 25%
adventurous 9%
tense 9%
inspiring 3%
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fast 5%
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442 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication date: 01 October 1999
Description
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its rubber...
Community Reviews Summary of 3,573 reviews
Moods
dark 83%
challenging 57%
sad 56%
reflective 32%
emotional 25%
adventurous 9%
tense 9%
inspiring 3%
Pace
slow 38%
fast 5%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Violence, Racism, ColonisationModerate
Rape, War