S26E3 - 320. Photos That Shook The World: Exposing Leopold in The Congo
Published: December 30, 2025
Duration: 46:05
How did one woman take on the brutal colonial King Leopold II in Congo with her camera? Who was Alice Seely Harris and why should we remember her name? How did she smuggle her photographs of the horrors going on in the Congo out of the country?
Anita and William discuss the life of Alice Seely Harris, the mouse who stood up to a lion using the power of her Kodak Camera…
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