The king's stated goal wasto bring civilization to the people of the Congo, an enormous region in Central Africa. (Believing one people is more civilized than another is wrong.) Leopold's reign over the Congo Free State, however, has become infamous for its brutality. What did King Leopold...
Sailing into the middle of the story was a young Congo River steamboat officer named Joseph Conrad. And looming above them all, the duplicitous billionaire King Leopold II. With great power and compassion, King Leopold's Ghost will brand the tragedy of the Congo--too long forgotten--onto the...
The Congo Free State: The Congo Free State was a state in Central Africa that existed under the control of Belgium's King Leopold II. The state was eventually taken over by the Belgian Parliament, becoming the Belgian Congo until its independence in 1960. ...
King Leopold's Legacy: The Congo under Belgian Rule, 1908–1960. By Roger Anstey. [Issued under the auspices of the Institute of Race Relations, London.] (... A simple liquid water treatment applied to fresh and thermally aged Pt(2wt%)–BaO(20wt%)/Al 2 O 3 lean NO x trap ...
Unheard Screams is a text based roleplaying game. You play as Miala, a Congolese liberator attempting to overthrow the regime of King Leopold II of Belgium (1885-1908). As the player your job is to fight the foreign oppressors and regain control of terri
(C)The statue of King Leopold II of Belgium that stands in sight of the royal palace in Brusselshas been defaced dozens of times in recent years. Activists have painted its hands and eyes red asa reminder of the brutality that Leopold unleashed in the Congo Free State, a territory in cent...
King Leopold's Ghost 作者: Adam Hochschild 出版社: Houghton Mifflin副标题: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Congo出版年: 1998-09-21页数: 366定价: USD 26.00装帧: HardcoverISBN: 9780395759240豆瓣评分 8.9 48人评价 5星 54.2% 4星 33.3% 3星 12.5% 2星 0.0% 1星 0.0% ...
This Article tests the historical evidence in favor of the birth of the odious debts doctrine at the turn of the twentieth century by considering the treatment of perhaps the archetypal odious debt: the debt that Belgium's King Leopold undertook to finance his horrific exploitation of the Congo ...
Joseph Conrad wrote his 1902 horror novel, “The Heart of Darkness” based on the Congo during Leopold’s rule — and brought to light the atrocities committed. Six years after the publication of Conrad’s book and an international outcry over abuses, King Leopold was forced out of the Cong...
The lives of three different people recount the events surrounding the genocide of the Congolese people by King Leopold II of Belgium at the turn of the century. Writer Paul Ian Johnson Producers Philip Contomichalos | Sascha Muller | James Oakley See all filmmakers & crew (4) Trending...