It was not until 2017 that Monique Bitu Bingi felt strong enough to tell the full story of what happened during her childhood in the Belgian-ruled Congo.
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Born to a Black Congolese 15-year-old and a white Belgian father, Bingi was snatched from her family by the colonial authorities when she was 4. Marriages between white Belgians and Black Congolese were illegal under a regime that saw biracial people as a"threat for white race supremacy and consequently a threat for the Belgian colony," Bingi's lawyer told ABC News.
Bingi and four other biracial women are now suing the Belgian state for crimes against humanity, with the women seeking compensation of $55,000. The other women in the suit -- Noelle Verbeken, Simone Ngalula Lea Tavares Mujinga and Marie-Jose Loshi – also were taken from their families in the 1950s and 1960s.
That apology, for Bingi and for the other survivors, is"not enough," she said."His apology was symbolic, but my life, our lives, are not symbolic. They destroyed us morally and physically."The lawsuit comes at a time of growing pressure for the Belgian government to come to terms with its colonial history.
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