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The diamond mines of Bécéka yielded up to 60% of the worldwide production. Photograph of a worker in the main sorting office, [1958].
NAB, Archives Sibéka, no. 4977.

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125 years after the General Act of the Berlin Conference

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Exploration, exploitation
‘Hic sunt dracones’: science’s turn
Expansion of a colonial empire

Benefits not for everyone

Belgium 75 years in Central Africa

Model colony

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The failing model colony