Essays about: "Congo Free State"

Found 1 essay containing the words Congo Free State.

  1. 1. Persistent, ‘Me Too’? Voices from the Past : An Analysis of Testimonials on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in the Congo Free State (1885-1908)

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Danielle Mbesherubusa Mittag; [2021]
    Keywords : Congo Free State; Sexual and Gender-Based Violence; SGBV; Humanitarianism; Colonialism; Female Voices;

    Abstract : This paper analyses (female) voices that reported sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) to the Commission of Inquiry of the Congo Free State between October 1904 and February 1905. Couldry's (2010) notion of "voice as value" is used to assess the possible contribution of these voices to the decade-long international humanitarian campaign that outsted King Leopold II from his personal colony. READ MORE