Should we be afraid of Tintin in the Congo?
Fifty years after independence, Tintin's wild Congo is a Congo of yesteryear - the world of the good white man, of colonial providence and big-game hunting. Herge saw this missionary album as a sin of his youth, with images that are at times cruel. But this hall of stereotypes conceals a page of history, drawn with that deep sense of self-mockery shared by the Belgian and Congolese peoples. Between the panels, it hands back to us the image of Sir Leopard, that King of the Belgians with his dangerous appetite. Beyond the apparent make-believe of a tinpot Congo, Herge reaches out in brotherhood with Africa. "Tintin au Congo de papa" goes back to the roots of this best-seller, sold in ten million copies since 1931, through rare images from the Herge Studios and the documentation centre of the newspaper Le Soir.
Dimensions: 22 x 22 x 1 cm
