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Congo: White King, Red Rubber, Black Death

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King Leopold II of Belgium's exploitation of Congo's resources and people in a quest for profit amounted to one of the most oppressive regimes Africa ever knew. Peter Bate 's film for Storyville chronicles a sorry colonial chapter.

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