Les #archives belges convoitées par les #usa https://www.rtbf.be/article/tintin-au-pays-des-archives-pourquoi-les-millions-d-archives-belges-de-l-africa-museum-interessent-bill-gates-et-les-americains-11678579
Ce sont des millions de documents qui occupent un demi-kilomètre de rayonnages à l’#Africa #musee de #Tervuren. Ils datent de l’époque coloniale et ils suscitent bien des convoitises Ils contiennent en effet des informations géologiques de premier ordre sur les sous-sols de la #RDC République démocratique du #Congo dont on sait qu’ils abritent des #ressourcesminières inestimables
#belgique
#decolonial
#geologichistory
'Tintin au pays des archives' : pourquoi les millions d’archives belges de l’Africa Museum intéressent Bill Gates et les Américains - RTBF Actus

Ce sont des millions de documents qui occupent un demi-kilomètre de rayonnages à l’Africa Museum de Tervuren. Ils...

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