Now part of the eponymous HBO docuseries written and directed by Raoul Peck, ';Exterminate All the Brutes' is a brilliant intellectual history of Europe's genocidal colonization of Africaand the terrible myths and lies that it spawned';A book of stunning range and near genius. . . . The catastrophic consequences of European imperialism are made palpable in the personal progress of the author, a late-twentieth-century pilgrim in Africa. Lindqvist's astonishing connections across time and cultures, combined with a marvelous economy of prose, leave the reader appalled, reflective, and grateful.' David Levering Lewis';Exterminate All the Brutes,' Sven Lindqvist's widely acclaimed masterpiece, is a searching examination of Europe's dark history in Africa and the origins of genocide. Using Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness as his point of departure, the award-winning Swedish author takes us on...
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