African girl in a human zoo. Belgium.
For decades, people were put on display in what were known as “human zoos.” These exhibitions brought people from Africa, Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands to Europe and North America, where they were presented as attractions for paying crowds.
One of the most remembered examples happened in Belgium during the colonial era. In 1958, during the Brussels World’s Fair, a “Congolese village” was created where Congolese men, women, and children were placed on display while visitors watched them from behind barriers. Some spectators treated them as entertainment, taking photographs and making comments as if they were not ordinary human beings with families, cultures, and personal lives.
These displays were connected to the ideas of European colonialism, where false theories of racial superiority were used to justify conquest and exploitation. Instead of showing African societies as complex civilizations with their own histories, governments and organizers often created staged versions designed to reinforce stereotypes.
Belgium’s history with Congo is especially painful. During the rule of King Leopold II in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, millions of Congolese people suffered under a brutal colonial system built around forced labor and resource extraction. The human exhibitions that followed were part of a wider culture that treated colonized people as objects of curiosity rather than equals.
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Hoje vocês me fizeram torcer como se fossem a minha seleção.
Vibrei com cada lance. Torci em cada jogada. Estava com vocês, e vocês fizeram bonito.
Algo épico. Histórico.
Quem poderia imaginar que, logo na primeira Copa, Cabo Verde faria tudo isso?
Vocês fizeram o impossível.
Criaram personagens. Tudo começou com Vozinha, que agora tem milhões de fãs pelo mundo.
Obrigado, Cabo Verde.
E muito obrigado, futebol.
Eu tenho pena de quem não gosta disso!