Belgian princess calls for the removal of Leopold II statues over colonialism in Congo.
A princess has broken ranks with the rest of the Belgian royal family to call for statues of her ancestor Leopold II to be removed in atonement for the country’s colonialism in the Congo.
The Belgian monarch ruled the “Congo Free State” as his personal colony between 1885 and 1908, when at least ten million Congolese people, over half the population, either died or were killed.
A princess has broken ranks with the rest of the Belgian royal family to call for statues of her ancestor Leopold II to be removed in atonement for the country’s colonialism in the Congo.
The Belgian monarch ruled the “Congo Free State” as his personal colony between 1885 and 1908, when at least ten million Congolese people, over half the population, either died or were killed.
Belgian princess calls for the removal of Leopold II statues over colonialism in Congo.
A princess has broken ranks with the rest of the Belgian royal family to call for statues of her ancestor Leopold II to be removed in atonement for the country’s colonialism in the Congo.
The Belgian monarch ruled the “Congo Free State” as his personal colony between 1885 and 1908, when at least ten million Congolese people, over half the population, either died or were killed.
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