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Congo Free State n (Placename) a former name (1885-1908) of (Democratic Republic of) Congo [2] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It is only appropriate that, in a nearby photograph, an African boy casually urinates on an old rusting boat that holds the fallen statue of Henry Morton Stanley, the Welch-born explorer who helped Leopold found the Congo Free State. Along with explaining how photographic conventions reflected colonial beliefs about Africans, they included images used by Leopold II's opponents to reveal the atrocities of the Belgian king in the Congo Free State. 5 ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA In 1897, King Leopold II installed an exhibition about his recently colonized Congo Free State in a lavish palace on the outskirts of Brussels. |
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