King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
When I was a child, I lived for a time in the Congo. It was a small chapter of childhood—the adventure I had instead of second grade—that claimed a large presence in my life. It’s impossible to say exactly how the African imprint on my psyche influenced the person I would grow up to be, but thirty-five years later I found myself with two big books in hand, both about the Congo: one I’d written, and one that I read with stunned appreciation.
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
When I was a child, I lived for a time in the Congo. It was a small chapter of childhood—the adventure I had instead of second grade—that claimed a large presence in my life. It’s impossible to say...
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Following the signing of the United Nations (UN) Charter in 1945, international standards of self-governance for the world’s colonies mostly acquired as the spoils of war and adventurism began to e...
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