HOURLY NEWS NPR 24 Hour Program Stream OPEN On Air Now DONATE HISTORY Where 'Human Zoos' Once Stood, A Belgian Museum Now Faces Its Colonial Past September 26, 2018 · 7:30 AM ET JOANNA KAKISSIS In 1897, Belgian King Leopold brought 267 Congolese people to...
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HOURLY NEWS NPR 24 Hour Program Stream OPEN On Air Now DONATE HISTORY Where 'Human Zoos' Once Stood, A Belgian Museum Now Faces Its Colonial Past September 26, 2018 · 7:30 AM ET JOANNA KAKISSIS In 1897, Belgian King Leopold brought 267 Congolese people to his country estate to display them in a mock African village — a practice referred to as a human zoo. Alphonse Gautier/RMCA, Tervuren
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