In a related topic that bears some examination since it involves racism in the colonial Francophone world and how it has impacted the contemporary scene. The '30s comic French series book "Les Adventures de Tintin: Tintin au Congo ("Tintin in the Congo"), whose characters first appeared in a Belgian newspaper 'Le Vingtieme Siecle' ("The 20th Century") in 1929, has recently sparked controversy in Great Britain, being declared racist. In rsponse, sales of the book have skyrocketed.
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