pngwen reviewed King Leopold's ghost by Adam Hochschild
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of …
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5 stars
Excellent read, and very eye opening, though it is very depressing. What's especially hard about this book is that just when things started to go good for the Congolese, the west (namely the US) step in and spoil it all over again.