“Mission schools were factories for tribal prejudice. Children who were not allowed to leave their villages were suddenly told that the Bakongo lived on the other side of their vast country and what they were to think of them.” — David Van Reybrouck Copy Share Image
“But it was definitely a hecatomb, a slaughter on a staggering scale that was not intentional, but that could have been recognized much earlier… — David Van Reybrouck Copy Share Image
“Scientists were the embodiment of this new-fangled sobriety—impartial, businesslike, colorless, and reliable. Or so people assumed. For in actual practice, it was their supposed… — David Van Reybrouck Copy Share Image
“The fact that they did not ask for political power, however, did not mean that they were happy as ever. The native’s political apathy… — David Van Reybrouck Copy Share Image
“Mission schools were factories for tribal prejudice. Children who were not allowed to leave their villages were suddenly told that the Bakongo lived on… — David Van Reybrouck Copy Share Image
