this is making me think of the monochrome picture of the Congolese man sitting staring at the severed hands (and feet maybe I can’t remember) of his daughter. those were Belgians I guess but
Nsala of Wala in the Nsongo District (Abir Concession) is a photograph published by Edmund Dene Morel in his book King Leopold’s Rule in Africa, in 1904.[1] The image depicts a Congolese man named Nsala examining the severed foot and hand of his five-year-old daughter, Boali. The photograph was taken by Alice Seeley Harris,[2] the wife of a missionary, in the village of Baringa on 14 May 1904. It was subsequently employed as a tool in the media campaign against the inhumane situation in the Congo Free State, which was largely characterised by rubber exploitation.
It is part of the Harris Papers, a collection owned by Anti-Slavery International.[3][4]
this is making me think of the monochrome picture of the Congolese man sitting staring at the severed hands (and feet maybe I can’t remember) of his daughter. those were Belgians I guess but
It is an unforgettable image.