Another pole is decorated with a fist clenched in defiance reminiscent of the black power symbol but also one of most chilling aspects of Leopold’s vicious plunder of the Congo. Belgian ...

According to the official website of National Geographic, Leopold was known for forming the Congo Free State after taking over the African land. He received financial support from the Belgian ...

Belgium's colonial strategy had ... A well known example of these horrors is when King Leopold II transformed the so-called 'free state' of Congo into his personal fiefdom, claiming 10 million ...

There Leopold III had in to dinner that night British ... undecided about “Hands off the Belgian Congo!” Contact us at [email protected] ...

Cha cha cha, Spaak Papa, Welcome like in good old day, Cha cha cha, Spaak Papa, Making Congo-Belgian unité. A crowd of swinging, singing diplomats and politicians filled Leopoldville’s ...

The international response to the cruel treatment of Africans forced King Leopold II to make the Congo Free State a colony of Belgium. It was then known as the Belgian Congo, until it gained its ...

The sudden appearance of the Belgian claims in the struggle to prevent ... in any way due to the fact that King Leopold, as reported, is acting In the interest of British bankers who desire ...