In the belly of the Congo tells the story of a princess refractory to the codes of one of the most prestigious monarchies of pre-colonial Congo. Intoxicated by the love of a young Belgian colonist, she will end up in one of the last human zoos of 20th century Europe. This novel offers a slice of the history of the Belgian Congo, and the difficult relationship between Belgium and its former colony. Everything takes place between LÔeopoldville and Brussels. Stop on the image: Village du Congo at the Universal and International Exhibition in Brussels in 1958, which shows the colonial work in all its ugliness. From one page to the next, we enter the thousand and one nights of horror, so that is restored so vividly African memory.