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Colonial Memories in Belgium
By David Bargueño The past is never dead. It’s not even past.[1] Calculating a balance sheet on European colonialism is an impossible yet popular exercise. Legacies of racism, physical suffering, and economic inequalities, on the one hand, must be weighed against infrastructure development by colonial administrators, the preservation of indigenous languages by missionaries, and the [...]
Lumumba: the Life of the Congo’s First Prime Minister
David Bargueno’s review of the film Lumumba, which reflects on the life of the Congo’s first prime minister.
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