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The Congo After Leopold

Behind the Bastards

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The Story of Baudouin I

In 1959 protests that descended into rioting so bloody and violent convinced Belgium to abandon the Congo ASAP. Now everyone in this story kind of looks like a guy you'd have played D&D with in junior high. If you were going to cast Baudouin I in a movie, you would want to steal Crispin Glover off the set of Back to the Future and stick him in a uniform. There's a picture of Leopold speaking. Oh he's such a nerd. He's a huge nerd. Which you know no judgment but you have an accurate picture.

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