While a few institutions in the U.S. had collected some African objects beginning in the late 19th century, the American Museum of Natural History acquired a large group in 1907 from Belgium's King Leopold II (infamous for his treatment of the Congo).
Jackson's statement that a doctor was at his bedside when he woke up the day of a scheduled "HIStory" show in Belgium is not the only evidence he did have a physician on the tour.
After Voorjans graduated from the College of Architecture in Hasselt in Belgium, where his parents owned a furniture store, he briefly studied art history in Siena, followed by a course at Sotheby's in London.