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Ladybbird · 02-12-24, 17:33

I Cried & Cried. I Had No One: The BRUTAL Child Kidnappings That Shamed Belgian Congo

Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state.

This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanity

The Guardian 2 DEC 2024

Monique was three years old when a white man from the government came to her village and changed everything.

Everyone came out to see him, including Monique, who, as always, was with her little auntie, a girl of nine who was also her best friend.

Monique cannot recall what the man looked like, but she remembers how sad everyone was after he had gone. Her mother had tears in her eyes that night. Monique would not see her for a long time.

The next day, Monique set off early with her uncle, aunt and grandmother on a three-day journey. Travelling on foot and by boat, with Monique in their arms, they went more than 100 miles from her birth village, Babadi, in the southern central Kasa province in the Belgian Congo, to her new lodgings, the Catholic mission of the sisters of Saint-Vincent-de Paul in Katende.

It was 1953 the year Joseph Stalin died and Queen Elizabeth II was crowned and Belgium still ruled the Congo, a vast African territory 75 times its size.

Decades later, Monique remembers herself on the first day at the mission: a tiny girl lost in a crowd, looking everywhere for her family, who had to leave her there. I cried, I cried, I cried, there was no one. An older girl gave her a slice of mango and took her in her arms. From that day it was the end of my life with my family, she recalls.

Monique Bitu Bingi was one of many mixed-race children forcibly separated from their parents and sequestered in religious institutions by the Belgian state that ruled Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. Her Congolese mother was 15 when she was born; her father was 32, a colonial official from a well-to-do family in Lige.

Moniques existence and thousands of other mixed-race children known as mtis (mixed race) deeply alarmed the Belgian state, which viewed these babies as a threat to the white supremacist colonial order.

Now more than 70 years after being taken away from her mother, Bitu Bingi, and four other women have accused Belgium of crimes against humanity for their forced removal and placement in religious institutions.

Bitu Bingi brings the case with La Tavares Mujinga, No?lle Verbeken, Simone Ngalula and Marie-Jos? Loshi, whom she describes as sisters. All five arrived in the Katende mission between 1948 and 1953, aged three and four; the last left in 1961.

The five women, four of whom live in Belgium and one in France, await a ruling from Belgiums court of appeal this week, in what is likely to be a charged moment in the countrys reckoning with its colonial past.

But a two-year special commission on the colonial past set up by the Belgian parliament after the Black Lives Matter protests has gone nowhere.

A 729-page report with dozens of recommendations finalised nearly two years ago has been gathering dust because of political deadlock over the question of an official apology for the entire colonial period.

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Belgium Holiday Camp Abductions: What About The Children?

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Ladybbird Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 50,607 Thanks: 28,767 Thanked 14,428 Times in 10,234 Posts Awards Showcase Total Awards: 8	The BRUTAL Child Kidnappings That Shamed Belgian Congo I Cried & Cried. I Had No One: The BRUTAL Child Kidnappings That Shamed Belgian Congo Over 70 years ago, thousands of mixed-race boys and girls were torn from their mothers by order of the state. *This week five survivors hope a court will censure Belgium for crimes against humanity* The Guardian 2 DEC 2024 Monique was three years old when a white man from the government came to her village and changed everything. Everyone came out to see him, including Monique, who, as always, was with her little auntie, a girl of nine who was also her best friend. Monique cannot recall what the man looked like, but she remembers how sad everyone was after he had gone. Her mother had tears in her eyes that night. Monique would not see her for a long time. The next day, Monique set off early with her uncle, aunt and grandmother on a three-day journey. Travelling on foot and by boat, with Monique in their arms, they went more than 100 miles from her birth village, Babadi, in the southern central Kasa province in the Belgian Congo, to her new lodgings, the Catholic mission of the sisters of Saint-Vincent-de Paul in Katende. It was 1953 the year Joseph Stalin died and Queen Elizabeth II was crowned and Belgium still ruled the Congo, a vast African territory 75 times its size. Decades later, Monique remembers herself on the first day at the mission: a tiny girl lost in a crowd, looking everywhere for her family, who had to leave her there. I cried, I cried, I cried, there was no one. An older girl gave her a slice of mango and took her in her arms. From that day it was the end of my life with my family, she recalls. Monique Bitu Bingi was one of many mixed-race children forcibly separated from their parents and sequestered in religious institutions by the Belgian state that ruled Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. Her Congolese mother was 15 when she was born; her father was 32, a colonial official from a well-to-do family in Lige. Moniques existence and thousands of other mixed-race children known as mtis (mixed race) deeply alarmed the Belgian state, which viewed these babies as a threat to the white supremacist colonial order. Now more than 70 years after being taken away from her mother, Bitu Bingi, and four other women have accused Belgium of crimes against humanity for their forced removal and placement in religious institutions. Bitu Bingi brings the case with La Tavares Mujinga, No?lle Verbeken, Simone Ngalula and Marie-Jos? Loshi, whom she describes as sisters. All five arrived in the Katende mission between 1948 and 1953, aged three and four; the last left in 1961. The five women, four of whom live in Belgium and one in France, await a ruling from Belgiums court of appeal this week, in what is likely to be a charged moment in the countrys reckoning with its colonial past. But a two-year special commission on the colonial past set up by the Belgian parliament after the Black Lives Matter protests has gone nowhere. A 729-page report with dozens of recommendations finalised nearly two years ago has been gathering dust because of political deadlock over the question of an official apology for the entire colonial period. DRC Map Belgium Holiday Camp Abductions: What About The Children? *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2u0RPOM8tA* *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPH7Jo7MSEs* *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ho-dCWGstj4*

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