![Detail of central Africa from an 1872 map of the world. Note the "unexplored region."](https://i0.wp.com/historyofthetwentiethcentury.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/africa.jpg?resize=233%2C300&ssl=1)
King Leopold II of Belgium, unsatisfied with reigning over “a small nation of small people,” decides what he really needs is a colonial empire to call his very own.
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Fanfare
Opening Theme
Trois Odes Funèbres (Three Funeral Odes)
Composed in 1866 by Franz Liszt. Public domain.
Performed by Mauro Tortorelli, and used pursuant to a Creative Commons license. Details.
Closing Theme
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