Thanks Trev 

I didn't mean to suggest that his atrocities were forgotten but that the person himself is more or less secondary to the acts of terror. One despot leaves, another arises. Many merchants of death rather, still rule over many parts of Africa like feudal warlords and they go unnoticed like you said.

Creating a monster is a strong theme in the film, roughly touched on because of the initial cuts and were lost during the years. I'd rather the insight we got than a essay on colonialism and its aftermath.