Historical file
“Belgian colonization in Central Africa, a reference file?
During the Parliamentary Commission on Belgium’s colonial past, the BELvue Foundation published a document entitled: “Belgian colonization in Central Africa”. This document was presented to the Special Parliamentary Commission ‘Congo – Colonial Past’. It is intended as a reference for history teaching in Belgian schools.
URBA-KBAU was challenged by the approach used in this document, which focuses on the negative aspects of colonization and favors a biased interpretation of objective facts, going so far as to omit crucial historical facts.
A working group set up by URBA-KBAU reviewed the entire dossier and submitted a set of amendments to the BELvue Historical Dossier to the King Baudouin Foundation, sponsor of the BELvue initiative.
You’ll find this document below, presented in a comparative table for ease of reading, with BELvue’s original text on the left and our amendments in red on the right.
The King Baudouin Foundation refused to consider these amendments.
If you have any comments, please send an e-mail to info@urba-kbau.be.
Enjoy your reading.