“And so the bulk of chicotte blows were inflicted by Africans on the bodies of other Africans. This, for the conquerors, served a further purpose. It created a class of foremen from among the conquered, like the kapos in the Nazi concentration camps and the predurki, or trusties, in the Soviet gulag. Just as terrorizing people is part of conquest, so is forcing someone else to administer the terror”
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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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