tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618276.post110766906917541604..comments2024-03-14T05:19:03.379-05:00Comments on Koranteng's Toli: King Leopold Haunts Congo AgainKorantenghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05280138409675883100noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618276.post-77546683456192529862007-11-10T22:11:00.000-06:002007-11-10T22:11:00.000-06:00It is sad to the Christianizion of africa has stol...It is sad to the Christianizion of africa has stole the afican sole.Its intention has left the african in a duldrum. These Christain men has corupt the ways of the African and has left in a state of constant turmoilLittle Rastahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11466937450594118491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618276.post-1146655315402916002006-05-03T06:21:00.000-05:002006-05-03T06:21:00.000-05:00Behind the Zimbabwe National Archives in Harare, y...Behind the Zimbabwe National Archives in Harare, you will find all the statues removed at independence in 1980. Abandoned, covered with vines, many toppled over, they are slowly being swallowed by the African bush. That garden of decay is the only fitting monument to colonialism I have seen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618276.post-1119419362247368362005-06-22T00:49:00.000-05:002005-06-22T00:49:00.000-05:00The Belgians at least are becoming sensitized to t...The Belgians at least are becoming sensitized to their awful colonial legacy, presumably because of what transpired in Rwanda in recent memory and for example the things we have learnt about the death of Lumumba, the connections with Mobutu and other nefarious episodes. <BR/><BR/>But I can relate to their dilemma: no one really wants to hear about skeletons in the closet even if there is an argument for the cathartic effect of airing them. This is true in the South of the US, this is true even recently in South Africa about apartheid to take just two examples (and I'll be writing on South Africa shortly)<BR/><BR/>There were no choirboys in the colonial past. Even those more enlightened colonists, the Danes and the Dutch, have problems with their legacy (e.g. admitting your ancestors were slave traders is difficult) although being sensible northern european types, they are very even-handed and straightforward about their misdeeds and pay penance with some of the most effective development programs (and quiet too, not like the Americans who complain loudly about aid but don't actually disburse much - see the "milleninum challenge accounts")... But back to my thread, it is hard to change attitudes especially when it calls into question royalty...Korantenghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05280138409675883100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7618276.post-1116867009667588622005-05-23T11:50:00.000-05:002005-05-23T11:50:00.000-05:00I've just visited the exhibition (Memories of Cong...I've just visited the exhibition (Memories of Congo) in the Musee Royal de L'Afrique Centrale outside Brussels. While interesting, and although in French, not my spokem language, I was disappointed that the harmful side of Leopold's era was not explicit. If I hadn't read about the colonial era in recent newspapers, the nuseum visit would have seemed more intersting than questionable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com