Light on the Dark Continent: The Photography of Alice Seely Harris and the Congo Atrocities of the Early Twentieth Century

Abstract

Focuses on the mission photography of Alice Seely Harris, an English missionary with the Congo Balolo Mission, concerning the Congo Atrocities of the early twentieth century. Her family background; Contributions of her photography to reforms in Congo; Description of her missionary photographs. Contains a couple of references to Doyle. "...A host of personalities, many of them well-known internationally, helped to bring the Congo atrocities to the attention of a wider public. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famous as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, wrote a pamphlet, The Crime of the Congo....What was unusual was the international nature of the campaign against Leopold’s rule. The campaign was due to the work of many people, some of whom have been mentioned in passing. Several of them, such as Mark Twain and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, were already figures of international repute; others such as E. D. Morel and William H. Shepherd became famous as a result of the campaign...."