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Letter of Irène Joliot-Curie about the examination of the report on protactinium and uranium by Union Minière, 1939.
NAB, Archives Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, no. 1072.

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125 years after the General Act of the Berlin Conference

Profit motivations

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