Tintin in Congo
Earlier this year, the Congolese government declared European development commissioner Karel De Gucht persona non grata
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Tom Devriendt
Tom Devriendt was an editorial board member of Africa is a Country before there was an editorial board.
Independência de Angola
[vimeo=http://vimeo.com/16832669 w=500&h=281] In January 2010, the people behind Angola--Nos Trilhos da Independência have started collecting and
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeIeE_sfFrw&w=500&h=307&rel=0] 2010 was supposed to be the year the European Union would come up with a
Music Break
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgAhDy41Vwk&w=500&h=307&rel=0] In this short video Portuguese singer Carmen Souza speaks about her third album "Protegid" (which
Gal draws Belgium and Congo
Belgian cartoonist GAL turned 70 this year. The relations between Belgium and Congo haven't been absent
Scared dictators, pt.2
The International Society for Human Rights's new campaign. Via Osocio.
Music Break / Franco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ALDgQERlLw In 1987, two years before the Congolese grand maître Franco died (although never substantiated, it
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WgjyU-xOG8 K.ommando Toxik's output has been prolific this year. See for example their Persona Non Grata
Music Break
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wJOxcTdYuk Last month, Mali's trio SMOD (consisting of DJ Sam, Ousco and Donski) released a second
Bloody Agent*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAibpGHesg4 We know Jacob Zuma can dance. But can Julius Malema, the future President of South
Achille Mbembe’s Africa
if Africa wants to re-imagine itself it will have to look somewhere else than to Europe which “seems to be gripped by an enormous desire for apartheid.”
Children of Kinshasa
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtE2sTIS9z4 If you have seen the 1987 movie La Vie est Belle (Life is Rosy), you
Baloji Live
[vodpod id=Video.4686469&w=500&h=411&fv=] Last week, Baloji played at Les Nuits Zébrées (Montpellier, France). Arte was there too.
They Shoot Tamikrest
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuHW3X5QKzY&w=500&h=300&rel=0] "I well remember hearing my first Tinariwen songs. I was about five. After the death
City One Minutes
When sleepless I often find myself browsing through time and space, moving from Johannesburg's CBD to
Yesterday and Tomorrow
Nine young filmmakers and artists look into Congo’s histories, its present and future desires.
Cédric Gerbehaye’s Congo
You probably know Belgian photographer Cedric Gerbehaye from his portrait of Laurent Nkunda. That 2007 picture
Review: ‘Héritage Congo’
Guest Blogger, Tom DeVriendt Pitcho Womba Konga hails from Congo but moved to Belgium at the
The graphic first 50 years of Congo’s independence
A graphic novel written and illustrated by a group of Congolese graphic artists, take stock of a half-century of independence for the DRC.