On Saturday, May 31, the local affiliate of the Episcopal Diocese of
Virginia's Women-to-Women DR Congo Ministry will be presenting a
full-length docudrama highlighting the brutal origins of the modern
Congolese state under the controversial personal fiat of King Leopold II
of Belgium. The movie, White King, Red Rubber, Black Death,
followed by a discussion with refreshments, will be presented at
historic Saint Paul's, Norfolk in the Parish Hall from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m.
The event will be facilitated by Drs. Richard and Judith Brown, a team
of medical missionaries who worked in Africa for some 30 years,
including serving at the Good Shepherd Hospital in Kananga, DR Congo as
well as for the Presbyterian Church Clinic, USAID and the ECC in the
capital of the Congo, Kinshasa.
St. Paul's is located at 201 St. Paul's Boulevard, Norfolk, VA 23510, 757-627-4353. For more information contact Susan Broaddus at broaddussusan@aol.com or Mac McKinney at Mac166688@aol.com.
The movie covers
the subterfuge and cruelty King Leopold employed to turn this vast and
richly-endowed territory in Central Africa into his own private fiefdom
under false auspices of Christian charity and how actual Christian
missionaries, churches and humanitarians from around the world stood up
to confront King Leopold and his formidable resources.
Admission is free
but Women-to-Women will gratefully accept donations for this ministry's
work in the Anglican Diocese of Bukavu in the Congo.
