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This African girl was exhibited in a human zoo in Brussels, Belgium, in 1958. The "exhibition" happened at the Brussels World’s Fair, where a Congolese village was displayed with the intention of "proving" Belgium's claim to have "civilized" the "primitive Africans." 
The entrance of the exhibit featured a bust of King Leopold II, under whose colonial rule millions of Congolese died.
You can read more about this absolute monster in The Colour of Time.
Ota Benga is another heart wrenching example. He was purchased from African slave traders and was later exhibited in a human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo.
When the war broke out and his hopes for a return to his homeland faded, he became depressed and committed suicide in 1916, at the age of 32.
