• Bhakti Shringarpure

Ngugi wa Thiong'o's perturbing review of Maya Jasanoff's travelogue of going up the Congo River as she's accompanied by Joseph Conrad's novel, 'Heart of Darkness."

• Steffan Horowitz

Harry Belafonte and Martin Scorsese are planning a TV series on King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal rule in the Congo.

• Jack Van Cooten

Not sure what is empowering about a UK grime artist explicitly glorifying African conflict and capitalizing on the fear and violence that it entails.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

VICE partners with old media, makes sponsored content, owns an ad agency, and cozies up to Murdoch — despite its edgy style and fresh take on news.

• Orlando Reade

This thing about a boat on The Thames named for the one Joseph Conrad sailed up the River Congo before writing Heart of Darkness.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

Just a sample: A "Heart of Darkness"-themed ship, Tarzan in South Africa and a travelogue on the Congo River.

• Sean Henry Jacobs