Includes testimonies by Roger Casement, the main character in Mario Vargas Llosa s El sueno del celta. When Leopold II of Belgium formed the African International Association in 1876 and later financed Stanley s expedition to the Congo River (1879-1884), he was creating the foundation for one of history s most tragic episodes. The brutal extermination of the region s inhabitants would have gone unnoticed if it were not for brave individuals who denounced these atrocities."
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Includes testimonies by Roger Casement, the main character in Mario Vargas Llosa s El sueno del celta. When Leopold II of Belgium formed the African International Association in 1876 and later financed Stanley s expedition to the Congo River (1879-1884), he was creating the foundation for one of history s most tragic episodes. The brutal extermination of the region s inhabitants would have gone unnoticed if it were not for brave individuals who denounced these atrocities."
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