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Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial past

Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial pastWorldPing

In 1894, when the Belgian city of Antwerp was hosting a World's Fair, 144 Congolese people were forcibly brought to the city to be exhibited in the Congo Pavilion. In this "human zoo", seven Congolese men ultimately died of disease.

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