关心非洲的人普遍认为，非洲大陆的困境正在接近灾难性的边缘。这一问题的部分根源在于历史，源于欧洲列强对欧洲大陆的剥削和殖民。对欧洲和非洲之间关系历史的了解是理解欧洲大陆当前困境不可或缺的，本书将探讨这一重要事件。19世纪末20世纪初，比利时国王利奥波德二世在非洲建立了殖民地，作为刚果自由邦，该殖民地成为持续剥削和广泛暴行的代名词。这本书描述了这个政权和取代它的比利时殖民地的创建、发展和崩溃。结论是关于欧洲殖民主义在非洲的性质以及对欧洲本身的影响。
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European Atrocity, African Catastrophe: Leopold II, the Congo Free State and its Aftermath
There is a broad consensus among those who are concerned with Africa that the plight of the continent is approaching the catastrophic. Partly the roots of the problem are historical, stemming from the exploitation and colonisation of the continent by European powers. An appreciation of the history of the relationship between Europe and Africa, a major episode of which this book examines, is indispensable to an understanding of the continent’s present predicament. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries King Leopold II of the Belgians established a colony in Africa, which, as the Congo Free State, became a byword for unremitting exploitation and widespread atrocities. This book describes the creation, the development and the collapse both of this regime and of the Belgian colony that replaced it. Conclusions are drawn about the nature of European colonialism in Africa and the consequences for Europe itself.
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