 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - AfricaMuseum yakavambwa mukutanga kwezana ramakore rechi20 namadzitateguru aPhilip, mambo Leopold II, panguva iyoyo aiva mutongi mukuru uye muridzi weCongo Free State, uko kwaitongwa nehurumende yaityisa. Iyi miziyamu yakabva pakuratidzwa kwenguva pfupi kwezvinhu zvematongerwe enyika sechikamu cheBrussels International Exposition 1897. Nemhaka yokufarirwa kwechiratidziro chacho, chakaitwa kuti chirambe chiripo makore mashomanana gare gare: muna 1904, kuvakwa kwakatanga pane imwe miziyamu yematombo ine mamwe madhipatimendi akatsaurirwa kutsvakurudzo yesayenzi mukati uye pamusoro peAfrica, iyo yakapedzwa muna 1910. Muchikamu chekutanga chekuratidzwa kusingaperi, paive nechikamu chakatumidzwa zita rekushora nzvimbo yevanhu nevatsinhiri vepashure iyo Leopold II yakaendesa vanhu mazana maviri veCongo kuBelgium kuitira kuti varatidze vashanyi mararamiro ezuva nezuva aive akaita mumakoroni eBelgium. Chirongwa ichi chakabuda mumaoko, uye vanomwe vevaCongo vakafa; kubvira kuvhurwa kweAfricaMuseum muna Zvita 2018, ava 7 vekuCongo vanorangarirwa pachiratidzo cheruzivo. 