The Butcher King: Greed, Atrocity, and the Making of the Congo Free State
·3746 words·18 mins
An examination of Belgium's colonial venture in the Congo — its origins, its atrocities, and its enduring shadow over Central Africa today
European Empires
Five Centuries of Occupation: The Geography and Duration of European Colonialism
·2034 words·10 mins
A data-driven look at which European powers colonized the most land, for the longest time, and what the numbers reveal about the structure of empire.