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Credits Next week, travelling to Brussels, I will visit the AfricaMuseum. Extract from prospectus :  The AfricaMuseum reopened after a thorough renovation.   It now presents a modern, emancipated Africa and does not shy away from a critical eye at a shared colonial past. HISTORY : On 30 April 1910, King Albert I officially opened the Museum of the Belgian Congo , which would become today’s AfricaMuseum . (...)  The history of the AfricanMuseum began with the 1897 International Exhibition of Brussels . At King Leopold II’s initiative and under his supervision, the ‘colonial section’ of the world’s fair was held at the ‘Colonial Palace’ (Africa Palace), in Tervuren. Mounted animals, soil samples, food items, and pieces including objects used either in the daily life or in rituals of different peoples were found alongside artistic works created in Belgium.   ‘Authentic’ African villages were erected in the park. 269 Congolese were requisitioned from their homeland and...