Leopold II, for us, is a part of our history, a memory, a reference for our children.
So history, whether it is bad or good, remains history, because there are schools here, we teach our children the history of the Congo, pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial history.
But for José Batekele, director of the collection of the National Museum of Mont-Ngaliema, there is more to the person of the controversial colonialist: “Leopold II, for us, is a part of our history, a memory, a reference for our children.
“So history, whether it is bad or good, remains history, because there are schools here, we teach our children the history of the Congo, pre-colonial, colonial and post-colonial history.”
Moïse Tangamo, a banker thinks currents events are a good reawakening in the context of history: “Regarding Leopold II, people will say that this is the past, but it is a past that was traumatic for the indigenous Congolese people who lived through it.
