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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild
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challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
3.5
I knew about the horrible atrocities done to the Congolese by King Leopold II’s regime from my AP World History course, but this book illustrated the horrors to an entirely new level. It’s a challenging read with many horrifying characters, but I appreciated the inclusion of change makers like George Washington Williams and the author’s acknowledgement that there are no easy answers in this tale of history and a large absence of Congolese voices.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, and Injury/Injury detail
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