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Source: The Guardian

4-16-18

Belgium comes to terms with 'human zoos' of its colonial past

Sixty years ago, Belgium set up a live display of people from Congo for the 1958 world fair. Now the country is rethinking that legacy.

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Belgium comes to terms with 'human zoos' of its colonial past