University Wire, February 24th, 2005
University Wire 02-24-2005 (The Observer) (U-WIRE) SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- "The horror, the horror." These famous final words from Joseph Conrad's disturbing novella "Heart of Darkness" are some of the most misunderstood and misquoted in history. In light of multiple appalling human tragedies in contemporary African history genocide in Rwanda, civil war in Congo and apartheid in South Africa, to name a few, we have come to see the horror as synonymous with African barbarity. Yet, this mistake is not only a gross misreading of Conrad, but symptomatic of a naive, racist world vision. Conrad's novell...
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