Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Belgium Elects Nation’s First Black Mayor, a Congolese Immigrant

"Later this year, Belgium will reopen its century-old Africa museum, which until five years ago presented a favorable image of colonialism. The revamped museum will tell a more critical story of European rule in Africa."
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Belgium Elects Nation’s First Black Mayor, a Congolese Immigrant
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Almost six decades after Belgium’s rule ended in Congo, a land it brutalized for decades, an overwhelmingly white borough elected a man who was born in that colony.