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Index Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Abapataki, Petronelle, 229 advertising, 4, 5 Africa-Films, 215–16 Africans. See Congolese Albert I, 52, 93–94, 112, 146, 175, 194; memorialization of, 54, 56, 62, 104, 230 Alexandre (film director), 39, 203 Algeria, 19, 51 Amis du Musée du Congo Belge, 101 anticolonialism, 173–74, 185, 240, 242, 251 antiesclavagiste. See antislavery campaigns antislavery campaigns, 64, 106, 173, 186, 200; as justification for Belgian actions, 36–37, 109–10, 115, 155 Arabs, 29, 37, 96, 105, 106, 109, 153, 155, 222; in statuary and monuments, 58, 115–17, 116, 169, 191 Arcade du Cinquantenaire, 32, 167, 168, 180, 190, 194–96 Ardevel, A. F., 186, 200–201 artwork, 5, 67, 115–18, 128 Association des anciens et amis de la Force publique du Congo Belge, 1 Association des intérêts coloniaux belges , 78 Association internationale africaine, 29, 57, 104, 260, 264 Association internationale du Congo, 29 Association universitaire catholique pour l’aide aux missions, 141 bandes dessinées, 5 Bandung Conference, 73 banknotes, 5 Banning, Emile, 147 Banque d’outremer, 34 Banque du Congo Belge, 84 Bastien, Alfred, 55, 57, 62, 64, 88 Baudouin, King, 70, 108, 159, 160, 198, 224 Belgische Werkliedenpartij. See Parti ouvrier belge Benga, Ota, 36 Berlin Conference, 29 Bia, Lucien, 104, 176, 184 Bizimana, 216 Boas, Franz, 89 Böhm, Paul, 186 Böhm, Richard, 186 Bonaparte, Napoleon, 263 the Borinage, 129, 182 Britain, 59, 77, 87–88, 212, 252; colonial culture in, 14, 22, 269; colonial expositions in, 48, 49, 87, 103; and film, 204, 245; museums in, 90, 95–97; nationalism in, 197; and proempire propaganda, 21–22, 48, 49, 85–86, 137, 138, 149, 162, 245–48 British Empire League, 269 Index 380 Buisseret, Auguste, 76, 157, 224, 225 Bunge, Edouard, 146, 147 Burundi. See Ruanda-Urundi Bwana kitoko, 225, 233 Cahen, Lucien, 99, 108, 113–14, 118 Capuchins, 7, 43 Carton de Wiart, Henry, 192, 196 Casement, Roger, 41 Catholic Church, 7, 45, 215, 216, 238–39 Catholic missions, 74, 141, 181, 265; and colonial exhibits, 52, 54–55, 60, 62, 74, 83–84, 130, 181; and colonial film, 204, 215–16, 223, 237–39, 253; and colonial monuments, 201–2; and Leopold II, 7, 43, 141 Cauvin, André, 215, 225, 226, 229, 230, 236, 240, 251 Centre congolais d’action catholique cin ématographique, 216 Centre d’information et de documentation du Congo Belge et du RuandaUrundi , 218, 227. See also Inforcongo; Office colonial cercles coloniaux, 84–85, 185, 234; in Antwerp, 139, 172, 208; of the Ardennes, 183; in Arlon, 191; of the Borinage, 182; in Bruges, 132, 163, 225; in Hal, 172; in Mechlin, 185; in Mons, 85, 208; in Namur, 122–26, 128, 183, 192 Chaltin, Louis Napoléon, 109, 110, 176, 177, 179 Charles, Pierre, 141 children. See youth cinema. See film Cinéma colonial, 208, 209 Cinématographe des colonies. See Cin éma colonial Cito, Nicholas, 104, 110, 181 civilizing mission, 51, 53, 56, 69, 79, 94, 108, 131, 153, 170, 187–90, 198–99, 202, 232, 261, 268 Coart, Emile, 40 coins, 5 colonial clubs. See cercles coloniaux colonial medals, 5 Colonial Monument, 1, 2, 169, 171, 175–76, 187, 190, 193 colonial museums, 4, 247, 254, 268; in Belgium, 89–133; in Britain, 90, 95– 97; in France, 90, 126; in Germany, 90; in Italy, 90; in the Netherlands, 90. See also Musée africain de Namur; Musée du Congo Belge colonial veterans, 146, 162, 168, 171, 176, 177, 182–84, 189, 268–69; and Belgians’ indifference, 137, 139; and veneration of Leopold II and colonial pioneers, 12, 169–70, 191–94, 262 colonists, 13, 19, 56, 77, 99, 127, 154, 211, 218, 220, 229, 259, 274n69 colonization. See colonists colons. See colonists comic strips. See bandes dessinées Comité de l’Afrique française, 269 Comité d’études du Haut-Congo, 29, 104 Comité spécial du Katanga, 84, 226 Commission Coloniale Scolaire, 120, 138, 156–61, 163, 226, 228 Compagnie agricole et industrielle du Congo, 78 Compagnie du chemin de fer du BasCongo au Katanga, 8, 45, 234–36 Compagnie du Congo pour le commerce et l’industrie, 34, 226 Compagnie du Kasai, 52, 213 Compagnie du Katanga, 34 Concours Colonial Scolaire, 162–64, 255, 312n133 Congo Free State. See État Indépendant du Congo Congolese, 9, 10, 56, 81, 103, 136, 140, 191, 196, 200–201, 203, 206, 216–17, 220, 223–25, 275n84; depictions of...

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