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Deji Olukotun Offers His Thoughts on Tintin in the Congo Ruling
Thursday 23 February 2012
by Sophy on Feb 23rd, 2012
In an article on his site Fiction that Matters, Deji Olukotun, author of Running the Lines for Fulgence, responds to the recent ruling by a Belgian court against accusations that Tintin in the Congo “incites racial hatred”.
Tintin in the Congo, the second book in Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin series, has repeatedly come under criticism for its patronising portrayal of the Congolese as well as its treatment of wildlife. There have also been many attempts to ban the book, most recently by Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, a Congolese man living in Belgium, whose application was vetoed earlier this year. Several UK bookstores moved the book out of the children’s section and into “graphic novels” to protect junior citizens from exposure to its offensive content.
According to Olukotun, not only is the book offensive but it “represents an utter failure of his imagination”. South African artist Anton Kannemeyer, co-founder of Bitterkomix, parodies Tintin in the Congo in his book Pappa in Afrika.
Read Deji’s response here: http://fictionthatmatters.tumblr.co...
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