Exterminate All the Brutes 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; Sven Lindqvist takes us on a haunting tour through the colonial past; interwoven with a modern-day travelogue. Retracing the steps of European explorers; missionaries; politicians; and historians in Africa from the late eighteenth century onward; the author exposes the roots of genocide in Africa via his own journey through the Saharan desert. As Lindqvist shows; fantasies not merely of white superiority but of actual extermination—"cleansing" the earth of the so-called lesser races—deeply informed European colonialism and racist ideology that ultimately culminated in Europe’s own Holocaust.Chosen as one of the Best Books of 1998 by the New Internationalist; which called it "a beautifully written integration of criticism; cultural history; and travel writing; underpinned by a passion for social justice;" "Exterminate All the Brutes" is a powerful reckoning with the past and an indispensable contribution to the literature of colonial Africa and European genocide.
#4088946 in Books 1997-10-01Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 12.20 x .60 x 9.00l; .0 #File Name: 1563113953128 pages
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