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A reduction of the population of the Congo is noted by several researchers who have compared the country at the beginning of Leopold's control with the beginning of Belgian state rule in 1908, but estimates of the death toll vary considerably, mainly due to the absence of reliable demographic sources about the region, as well as the ...
12 de jun. de 2020 · A renewed global focus on racism is highlighting a violent colonial history that generated riches for Belgians but death and misery for Congolese.
8 de jun. de 2022 · The Congolese genocide is one of the biggest mass murders in modern history, counting eight to ten million murder victims and millions of others severely injured. Jun 8, 2022 • By Marietta Korfiati, BA History & Archaeology, MA in-progress.
30 de jun. de 2020 · Estimates of the death toll caused by colonisation range from one to ten million. However, Leopold II is still commemorated with statues and monuments across Brussels. A large statue of him, outside the royal palace, has been vandalised repeatedly, most recently during a Black Lives Matter protest.
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Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem, a Congolese scholar whose Histoire générale du Congo was published the same year as King Leopold's Ghost, estimated the death toll in the Free State era and its aftermath at roughly 13 million (which Ndaywel è Nziem has subsequently revised downward to 10 million, the same number as Hochschild's conclusion).
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14 de ago. de 2017 · Within the Belgian education system, the debate on whether the mass murder committed at the hands of Belgium's colonialists constitutes a genocide continues. But through art, culture and advocacy, Belgians are slowly paving the way for an uneasy reconciliation with the past.
17 de jun. de 2022 · This “free” state became the framework of a savage system of exploitation, resulting in the deaths of over 10 million Congolese people while generating Leopold 220 million francs (or US$1.9 billion in today's dollars) in profits, though many historians view these as conservative estimates.
