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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
4 reviews
aposternak's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
scarlettblythe's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Essential reading for anyone wanting a primer on colonialism outside the English-speaking world. An enormous strength is the author's attempts to name and connect us to individual Congolese people and their stories wherever possible, while still focusing on the broader picture which, from the realities of the historical record, erases these individual people. Deftly connects King Leopold to colonialism throughout Europe and elucidates the differences without excusing atrocities by other powers. The conclusion weaves a strong nuanced connection from this history to Congo's history and present. Content warnings: there are photos which are graphic but due to time period they were taken, quite blurred. They are in easily discernable photo sections and can be skipped. Written descriptions are blunt, factual, statements of atrocities but not gratuitous or torture porn. Racial slurs are written as they were said at the time by the individual without censorship.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Trafficking, Colonisation, and War
Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
common_household_mom's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Genocide, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, Violence, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
alexijai98's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, War, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
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