December Books 4) Kuifje in Afrika / Tintin in the Congo, by Hergé

[nwhyte]

F borrowed this from the local library out of curiosity, and we both read it pretty quickly. It is just as bad as I feared: the Africans encountered here are stupid, illiterate, desperately aping civilisation and pathetically grateful for rule by white men; by the end of the book they are worshipping idols of Tintin and Snowy. Even more startling

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[rmc28]

Since seeing the film, I have acquired a box-set of Tintin which includes in the Land of the Soviets and in the Congo. Tony has slogged through the first and pronounced it dire; I think I shall avoid reading the second.