Antwerp's 'human zoo': Belgium confronts shame of colonial past
- In 1894, when the Belgian city of Antwerp was hosting a World's Fair, more than a hundred 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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- In 1894, when the Belgian city of Antwerp was hosting a World's Fair, more than a hundred 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.
Sources: France 24