Tintin in the Congo
E683953
Tintin in the Congo is an early, highly controversial installment of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin comic series, depicting the young reporter’s colonial-era journey through the Belgian Congo.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tintin in the Congo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7697084 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tintin in the Congo Context triple: [The Adventures of Tintin, hasAlbum, Tintin in the Congo]
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A.
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets is the first volume of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin, a black-and-white comic album that follows the young reporter’s journey through Soviet Russia.
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B.
The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin is a classic Belgian comic book series by Hergé that follows the globe-trotting investigative adventures of young reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy.
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C.
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is a 2011 motion-capture animated adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, adapting Hergé’s classic Tintin comics.
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D.
Sovereign of the Congo Free State
The Sovereign of the Congo Free State was the monarch who personally ruled the Congo Free State as a private colonial possession, most infamously held by King Leopold II of Belgium during a period marked by extreme exploitation and atrocities.
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E.
Las Reglas de Congo
Las Reglas de Congo is an Afro-Cuban religious and magical tradition of Central African (Kongo) origin, centered on spirit veneration, ancestor worship, and ritual use of sacred cauldrons and natural forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tintin in the Congo Target entity description: Tintin in the Congo is an early, highly controversial installment of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin comic series, depicting the young reporter’s colonial-era journey through the Belgian Congo.
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A.
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
Tintin in the Land of the Soviets is the first volume of Hergé’s The Adventures of Tintin, a black-and-white comic album that follows the young reporter’s journey through Soviet Russia.
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B.
The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin is a classic Belgian comic book series by Hergé that follows the globe-trotting investigative adventures of young reporter Tintin and his dog Snowy.
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C.
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn is a 2011 motion-capture animated adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and produced by Peter Jackson, adapting Hergé’s classic Tintin comics.
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D.
Sovereign of the Congo Free State
The Sovereign of the Congo Free State was the monarch who personally ruled the Congo Free State as a private colonial possession, most infamously held by King Leopold II of Belgium during a period marked by extreme exploitation and atrocities.
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E.
Las Reglas de Congo
Las Reglas de Congo is an Afro-Cuban religious and magical tradition of Central African (Kongo) origin, centered on spirit veneration, ancestor worship, and ritual use of sacred cauldrons and natural forces.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Belgian comic
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Tintin adventure ⓘ comic album ⓘ |
| artStyle | ligne claire ⓘ |
| colorizedEditionYear | 1946 ⓘ |
| controversy |
accusations of colonial propaganda
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accusations of racism ⓘ calls for restriction or banning in some countries ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | Hergé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | Belgian colonial administration ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Thomson and Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAlbumPublisher | Éditions du Petit Vingtième NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| firstSerializedIn | Le Petit Vingtième NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Tintin in America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure comic
ⓘ
humor comic ⓘ |
| hasColorizedVersion | yes ⓘ |
| hasEnglishTranslation | yes ⓘ |
| hasLegalChallenges | yes ⓘ |
| hasLibraryClassificationIssues | yes ⓘ |
| hasParatextWarningInSomeEditions | yes ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | French ⓘ |
| laterFormat | color ⓘ |
| laterPublisher | Casterman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Snowy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tintin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial depiction of Africans
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depictions of animal cruelty ⓘ racist stereotypes ⓘ |
| originalFormat | black-and-white ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Le Petit Vingtième NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Tintin au Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageCount | 62 ⓘ |
| precededBy | Tintin in the Land of the Soviets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationMedium |
album
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newspaper serial ⓘ |
| revisedEdition | 1946 redrawn version ⓘ |
| series | The Adventures of Tintin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
big-game hunting
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colonial Africa ⓘ missionary activity ⓘ |
| targetAudienceAtPublication | children ⓘ |
| timePeriod | colonial era ⓘ |
| workChronologyNumberInSeries | 2 ⓘ |
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