Alice Seeley Harris, photographer of colonial violence in Congo
At the end of the 19th century, the regime of Leopold II, king of the Belgians, imposed forced labour on the Congo to extract the precious rubber from the forests. An undertaking marked by violence and horror, documented by missionary Alice Seeley Harris. Discover her story.
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Alice Seeley Harris, photographer of colonial violence in Congo — Image credit: France 24 (Français)
At the end of the 19th century, the regime of Leopold II, king of the Belgians, imposed forced labour on the Congo to extract the precious rubber from the forests. An undertaking marked by violence and horror, documented by missionary Alice Seeley Harris. Discover her story.