Comments on: African Reading Challenge Review 2: King Leopold’s Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa http://projectdiaspora.org/121 Mobilizing Africa's Diaspora Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:09:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Otim Michael http://projectdiaspora.org/121/comment-page-1#comment-82 Otim Michael Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:30:10 +0000 http://projectdiaspora.org/2008/03/16/african-reading-challenge-review-2-king-leopolds-ghost-a-story-of-greed-terror-and-heroism-in-colonial-africa/#comment-82 "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Edmund Burke

]]> By: dave http://projectdiaspora.org/121/comment-page-1#comment-81 dave Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:06:07 +0000 http://projectdiaspora.org/2008/03/16/african-reading-challenge-review-2-king-leopolds-ghost-a-story-of-greed-terror-and-heroism-in-colonial-africa/#comment-81 Thanks so much for writing this up. I found this book (in audiobook form) absolutely fascinating, and I think your final conclusion, that indifference is the most dire enemy, is spot on. Appreciate your thoughts. I recently tried to read another nonfiction book about European atrocities in Africa: Elkins's Imperial Reckoning, about the British torturing, imprisoning, and murdering millions (not exaggerating) of Kikuyus in the 1950s. But while the book is completely eye-opening, it's dry and much narrower than Hoschschild. Still, I read the first quarter and it was well worth it. Thanks so much for writing this up. I found this book (in audiobook form) absolutely fascinating, and I think your final conclusion, that indifference is the most dire enemy, is spot on. Appreciate your thoughts.

I recently tried to read another nonfiction book about European atrocities in Africa: Elkins’s Imperial Reckoning, about the British torturing, imprisoning, and murdering millions (not exaggerating) of Kikuyus in the 1950s. But while the book is completely eye-opening, it’s dry and much narrower than Hoschschild. Still, I read the first quarter and it was well worth it.

]]> By: tumwijuke http://projectdiaspora.org/121/comment-page-1#comment-80 tumwijuke Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:36:27 +0000 http://projectdiaspora.org/2008/03/16/african-reading-challenge-review-2-king-leopolds-ghost-a-story-of-greed-terror-and-heroism-in-colonial-africa/#comment-80 Interesting observations. I didn't like this book at all when I read it about six years ago. Perhaps I should give it a second look. Congratulations on progressing so fast with the challenge. Interesting observations. I didn’t like this book at all when I read it about six years ago. Perhaps I should give it a second look.

Congratulations on progressing so fast with the challenge.

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