"Belgium was a small, neutral country without a colonial tradition when King Leopold II ceded the Congo, his personal property, to the state in 1908. For the next half-century Belgium not only ruled ...

The theme of the colonizer’s house was widely discussed in colonial circles throughout the colonial era. We find traces on the theme in late nineteenth century manuals for travelers to the Congo, ...

During the Belgian colonial empire, in Congo, Rwanda and Burundi, several thousand children of mixed race were victims of targeted segregation, which is still unknown today. Born to a Belgian father ...