Friday, 9 December 2011
The shocking story of human zoos
Every year, countless people flock to Champ de Mars in front of the Eiffel Tower. However, about 100 years ago, the same sprawling garden used to be visited by hundreds of thousands of people to not only marvel at the creation of Gustave Eiffel but also to get amused and entertained by the 'exotic' people from faraway lands like Asia, Africa and Oceania, who were exhibited primarily because of their different size, ethnicity, culture
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