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22 November, 2019
Posted in: Belgium

Apparently, still current in day to day conversations of Belgians, there is an expression indicating that this is all very well but it’s not really getting us anywhere: Tout ça ne nous rendra pas le Congo. I find this…surprising.

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  1. Jennifer says

    24 November, 2019 at 18:42

    A strange expression. It doesn’t make us the Congo. Thank goodness. The Belgians were absolute monsters in the Congo. Pretty much the worst colonisers. Wonder why? Small man syndrome?

  2. belgianwaffle says

    26 November, 2019 at 21:22

    The expression is more – This doesn’t bring back the Congo – I suppose it’s about the loss of empire. I’ve read a couple of books on this and, if memory serves, a lot of it seems to be down to King Leopold who basically owned the Congo and ran it as his own private fiefdom without any checks or balances.

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