Robin Field

King Leopold’s Soliloquy

Published as a small book in 1905, this satiric monologue offers the rationalizations of King Leopold II of Belgium for the atrocities he committed on the African natives as “absolute ruler” of the Congo between 1885 and 1908.

Disc 1

  1. King Leopold’s Soliloquy 16:49
  2. King Leopold’s Soliloquy (Continued) 18:52
  3. King Leopold’s Soliloquy (Continued) 15:14
  4. King Leopold’s Soliloquy (Continued) 14:17

Disc 2

  1. King Leopold’s Soliloquy (Concluded) 13:29
  2. Epilogue: An Original Mistake 1:16

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