EPISODE · Aug 7, 2026
Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial past
from Focus · host FRANCE 24 English
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. Today, this shocking episode still haunts Belgium as one of its colonial history's darkest chapters.
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