Tintin in trouble: Congolese man seek court ban on 'racist' cartoon

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2007

BRUSSELS (AFP) — A Congolese student has launched a court case denouncing the cartoon book 'Tintin in the Congo' as racist, calling for its withdrawal from sale, the Brussels prosecutor's office said Tuesday.

It is not the first time that the book, featuring late Belgian author and illustrator Herge's popular red-headed boy journalist Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, has raised hackles over its content.

The bookselling chain Borders announced last month that it was pulling copies of the 1930s book from the children's shelves in its US and British stores after Britain's Commission for Racial Equality described the book as containing "imagery and words of hideous racial prejudice."

In the latest case, Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo, a political science student in...