Totems and Taboos
Recalling Belgium's brutal colonial history
In Brussels, Belgium, the Royal Museum of Central Africa is undertaking a radical renovation, both physical and ethical, to show with sincerity, crudeness and open-mindedness the reality of the atrocities perpetrated against the inhabitants of the Belgian colonies in Africa, still haunted and traumatized by the ghost of King Leopold II of Belgium, a racist and genocidal tyrant.
In Brussels, Belgium, the Royal Museum of Central Africa is undertaking a radical renovation, both physical and ethical, to show with sincerity, crudeness and open-mindedness the reality of the atrocities perpetrated against the inhabitants of the Belgian colonies in Africa, still haunted and traumatized by the ghost of King Leopold II of Belgium, a racist and genocidal tyrant.
Also known as: TóTems Y TabúEs: Museo Real De ÁFrica Central, Totems Et Tabous : MuséE Royal De L'Afrique Centrale, Totems & Tabus – Belgiens Kolonialmuseum, Totems And Taboos: Belgium's Colonial Museum, Tervuren: Muzeum Afryki ŚRodkowej – Historia Belgijskiej Kolonizacji Kongo, Tervuren: Il Museo Dell'Africa – Storia Della Colonizzazione Belga In Congo
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