CultureAntwerp’s ‘human zoo’: Belgium confronts shame of colonial past
During the 1894 World’s Fair in Antwerp, 144 Congolese people were forcibly taken to the Belgian city and displayed in the Congo Pavilion. The exhibition, described as a “human zoo”, ended with seven Congolese men dying from disease. More than a century later, the episode continues to haunt Belgium. It remains regarded as one of the darkest chapters in the country’s colonial history.
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Antwerp’s ‘human zoo’: Belgium confronts shame of colonial past
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