“At the time of the Congo controversy a hundred years ago, the idea of full human rights, political, social, and economic, was a profound threat to the established order of most countries on earth. It still is today.”
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
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King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
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