The Congo Free State: What Could Archives Tell Us? : New Light and Research Perspective (New edition 1)

This publication explores the Congo Free State under Leopold II (1885-1908) as a space of transnational encounter through an analysis of its representation across languages, media and cultures.

As such, the collections and archives focusing on this period of time, or revisiting the memory of this period at a much later period bring to light new considerations, and help to better envision the impact memory and history may have on specific groups across Europe and Northern America.

Specific issues are discussed and various types of collections are scrutinised, including manuscript archives dating prior 1908, movies, photographs, paintings, sculptures etc., connected to the Congo Free State period or recalling its memory.