Warning: Deeply dark, depressing, powerful. This is the story of the European colonization of Africa, especially the Belgian colonization of the Congo. It reveals the massive slave trade which was created, the impact to the region's peoples and resources, and sets the ground for the current ongoing dark state. It's the kind of book I didn't enjoy reading, but it moved me deeply and changed me. (Warning: Gruesome details. Photos of maimed slaves. Will mess up a student's ideas about First World nations bringing light and prosperity to subject peoples)