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• Author: Adam Hochschild

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  King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

  By Adam Hochschild

  History echoes across time, and nowhere is this clearer than in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. The brutality of Belgium's colonial occupation of the Congo is a surprisingly unknown and ugly historical interlude and resulted in the first ever human rights campaign.

  • Nonfiction
  • Outstanding Books for the College Bound and Lifelong Learners 2014
  • ISBN: 9780618001903