Most Read This Week In Belgium
Books set in Belgium.
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I pray believe me when I express now, not only for myself, but for my fellow countrymen in this part of Africa, pur very sincere appreciation of your efforts on behalf of the general community efforts to promote goodwill among all and to bring together the various elements of our local life.
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Hochschild is at pains to convince the reader that anyone opposing the EIC was good, whether brutal slave trader, inveterate cannibal, fetish priest, or ethnic-cleansing warlord. His treatment of the 1895 rebellion by native soldiers at a military camp named Luluabourg in the southern savannah strains to portray the rebels as noble savages pining for freedom and a return to pastoral life. In his telling, the Belgian commander Mathieu Pelzer was a “bully” who “used his fists” and thus got his com
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― King Hochschild’s Hoax: An absurdly deceptive book on Congolese rubber production is better described as historical fiction.
― King Hochschild’s Hoax: An absurdly deceptive book on Congolese rubber production is better described as historical fiction.
A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent …more
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Voor alle mensen die in Nederland of België wonen of de taal spreken en hun lees-ervaringen will…more
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Voor Nederlandstalige fans van science fiction, fantasy en aanverwante genres.
De boekenplank i…more
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