King Leopold's Ghost: Greed, Fear, Heroism and Belgium's African Colony

About This Novel

In the 1880s, as European powers carved up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized the vast land around the Congo River. He carried out genocidal plunder and oppression in the Congo. At the same time, he established himself as a great humanitarian. Hochschild used a large number of original sources when writing this book: memoirs of explorers, steamship captains and soldiers, missionary records, government investigation reports, etc. Although few African voices appear in the book, as the author puts it, "their activities and voices can still be seen and heard, although filtered by the records of their conquerors."

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