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In the early years of the colonisation, the working methods and the tools available were often primitive and the result of much improvisation. Photographs 1923-1928.
NAB, Archives Sibéka, no. 4956.

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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