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The Origins of AIDS takes us to the former Belgian Congo to investigate this controversial claim put forward by journalist Edward Hooper. In his book, The River: Journey to the Source of AIDS, he links the onset of AIDS to a mass polio vaccination in the 1950's when nearly a million Africans were injected with an experimental vaccine derived from
A Congolese student has launched legal action in Belgium to have the comic book "Tintin in the Congo" declared racist and removed from bookstores.
Copies of Tintin in the Congo have been removed from the children's section in Borders' New Zealand bookstores because of allegations the book is racist. The book has already received similar treatment in Britain and the United States.This has led to vigorous debate about whether to restrict the books to adults only.
Sample strips from Tintin In The Congo under this link.
Borders is removing a comic book “Tintin in the Congo” from the children’s section of its U.K. stores based on a customer complaint that the work is racist. This is a rebuttal of the reasoning behind that move. WARNING: This contains very strong language.