Sirocco
This series of entries on Congolese history seeks to shed some light on the reasons why. The second installment looks at the forgotten holocaust that played out between 1885 and 1908, when the equitorial rain forest became the private labor camp of a European playboy king - the so-called Congo Free State. Read More
As time allows I will try every Saturday to offer a translation from the Scandinavian press. Below the fold is my rendering of a piece from today's edition of Dagbladet Magasinet (a feature magazine of the Norwegian tabloid Dagbladet). It follows Petter Eide, chair of Amnesty Norway, as he meets with a Texas Death Row inmate who at 17 committed a gruesome murder. We also meet his despairing family, who reminds us that the love of kin is not a voluntary thing. Read More
This series of diaries on Congolese history seeks to shed some light on the reasons why. The first installment takes a look at how the advanced Kongo Kingdom fell prey to the slave trade that began in the 16th century, robbing the country of no less a resource than its population. Read More
Update [2005-1-29 11:16:15 by Sirocco]: Formerly: 'Saddam was a feminist hero' Read More
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