Talk:King Leopold's Ghost

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[edit] POV Issue, Contrast England and Belgium in late 19th century Africa

The bolded portion of the selection below (which I wrote) was removed by an anonymous, but prolific contributor with a strong interest in history. COPIED OF BOOK

  • Sir Roger Casement, British diplomat (and later Irish martyr), who put the force of the British government, itself a somewhat less bloody oppressor, behind the international protest against the Belgians.

Granted, the words may be a bit POV, but this is an article about a book and one of the points raised in the book is that the English attack on Belgian oppression in the Congo had the side effect of taking some of the heat off England for her own colonial activities. I wouldCOPIED OF BOOK like to discuss this point further, but I do believe some such phrase belongs in the article, as accurately representing the author's views. Ortolan88 15:47, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I just restored British coloCOPIED OF BOOK72.68.192.112 15:54, 31 July 2007 (UTC)nialsm, putting the words clearly in the author's mouth. Some other anonymous contributor also just removed details reported by Hochschild about Congo practices. I repeat, the article is about the book, so it should say what the book says. I added the word "impassioned" to the description of the book, hoping that would help the deleters understand this point. That watchful guy, Ortolan88 01:17, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

What does this site say? I tacked on a brief note, because it appears to be relevant, but I have no French.

Is there an English language site?Ortolan88 03:45, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC) COPIED OF BOOK RAGS 72.68.192.112 15:54, 31 July 2007 (UTC) I made some adjustements and addictions. I took off phrases as "H. tells the story well" because our aim is not to make a review of the book (although I like it very much too). I ampliated the summary and I put two paragraph about the sources used by H. and the polemics that followed the book's publication, that seem to me interesting. Ciao! juliet.p


"Although with this act Congo has become an "ordinary colony", the oppression of the Belgian Congo continued into modern times. For example, Hochschild reports that 80 per cent of the uranium in the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was mined in the Congo"

What does the origin of the uranium have to do with the alleged continued oppression of the Belgian Congo?

[edit] Minor Edits

I've fixed a few of the links to point them directly to the articles in question as opposed to going through a redirect or to a disambiguation page. Mhacdebhandia 08:32, 29 May 2006 (UTC)