Author | Sven Lindqvist |
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Translator | Joan Tate |
Language | English |
Subjects | Colonialism, Genocide, Racism |
Publisher | New Press |
Publication date | April 1, 1996 |
Publication place | USA |
ISBN | 978-1565843349 |
Translated from Swedish "Utrota varenda jävel" |
Exterminate All the Brutes by Sven Lindqvist is a historical and philosophical investigation of the roots of European colonialism, racism, and genocide in Africa. The book takes its title from the infamous phrase used by the character Kurtz in Joseph Conrad's 1899 Heart of Darkness.