Tintin in Congo
Earlier this year, the Congolese government declared European development commissioner Karel De Gucht persona non grata
Kinshasa
Music Break
K.ommando Toxik’s output has been prolific this year. See for example their Persona Non Grata or
Children of Kinshasa
If you have seen the 1987 movie La Vie est Belle (Life is Rosy), you probably
Film: Filip De Boeck's "Cemetery State"
The Belgian anthropologist Filip De Boeck (remember his excellent “Kinshasa: Tales of the Invisible City“) recently
The New Black Atlantic
What does it mean when a Tanzanian rapper joins a cypher on BET, the US entertainment TV channel on its biggest night - during prime time - and rhymes in Swahili.
The society of elegant people
What is it about Congolese men who dress up in tropical weather like they're on a catwalk in Paris sometime in late Fall?