"The chief comes to greet us, he is a handsome Baluba negro, dressed as a European with a white helmet; shame."

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BelgiumHistory of AfricaBelgian CongoBelgian Colonial EmpireRuanda-Urundi
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The visit of King Albert I to the Belgian Congo in 1928. Between propaganda and reality. King Albert meets an indigenous Congolese chef at the town of Kikondja on his 1928 trip to the Belgian Congo.