H i s t o r y V i l l e
H i s t o r y V i l l e

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A father stares at the hand and foot of his five-year-old daughter severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota, Belgian Congo, 1904.
The manโ€™s name was Nsala. He had failed to make his daily rubber quota, so the Belgian-appointed overseers cut off his...
...daughterโ€™s hand and foot.
Her name was Boali and she was five years old. Then they killed her.
But they werenโ€™t finished; they killed his wife too.
And because that didnโ€™t seem quite cruel enough, quite strong enough to make their case, they ate both Boali and her mother...
...and presented Nsala with the tokens; the leftovers from the once-living body of his darling child whom he so loved. His life was destroyed. #HistoryVille

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