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Belgium's Colonial Debt: The $1 Billion Reparations Question
We are looking at the modern reckoning with Belgium’s colonial past, specifically the push for reparations from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This episode focuses on Edith Lucie Balya and the legal arguments surrounding the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa. We explore how the Belgian government has responded to demands for financial restitution for human rights abuses committed during both the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo periods. The conversation also touches on the ongoing debates about returning artifacts held in the Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale in Tervuren. We…
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