Belgian Black Lives Matter activists have called for a reckoning with Belgium’s colonial history.
BRUSSELS — Belgian King Philippe on Tuesday expressed regrets for his nation's — and his ancestor's — brutal colonization of Congo, a major acknowledgment of history in a country that has long avoided a full reckoning about its relationship with its former colony.
“I believe it necessary that our common history with Belgium and its people should be told to our children in the Democratic Republic of Congo as well as those in Belgium on the basis of scientific work done by the historians of the two countries,” Tshisekedi said Monday in a televised address. “The most important thing for the future is to build harmonious relations with Belgium, because beyond the stigma of history, the two peoples have been able to build a strong relationship.
Léopold acted “not as a conqueror but as a civilizer,” Baudouin said in a speech at a 1960 independence ceremony in Congo, expressing sentiments still echoed by some Belgians.
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