KING LEOPOLD II: THE BADASS OF ALL COLONISERS IN AFRICA
Most, if not all, have at one time or another heard the name ADOLF HITLER while only a few, microscopic few, have ever heard the name LEOPOLD II OF BELGIUM. The reason for this, as far as I'm concerned is the colonial brainwashing done to us in Africa by the Europeans. I recently saw a meme that read "the reason why little is known about king Leopold II and much is known about Adolf Hitler is because the victims of the former were black and the latter were whites". Truth is, I agree with the meme hence my digging to find out as much as I can about the atrocities committed by king Leopold II. Although, I know about some of his atrocities in Congo, searching about him and reading a lot about him opened my eyes to the fact that king Leopold II was the devil in human skin. Leopold II of Belgium was born on 9th of April, 1835 and was the second but eldest surviving son of Leopold I. He succeeded his father to the Belgian throne in 1865 (at the age of 30). He reigned for 44 ye...