Photographer and visual artist Sammy Baloji discusses his International Film Festival Rotterdam Tiger Competition entry, the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the most resource-rich nations on earth, yet its people remain trapped in poverty, instability, and perpetual war .

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events ... of huge excitement and bad temper on the part of the former colonial power. King Baudouin of Belgian made a patronising speech ...

Congo has been wracked by more than a century of violent colonization and imperialism resulting in millions of deaths—and ...

In the history of the DR Congo exploitation under colonial rule, followed by a dictatorship, wars and internal conflict, instability and displacement have resulted in protracted humanitarian crises.

A Belgian Government aide, Miss Gilberte Denoux, defended certain aspects of her country's policy vis a vis the Congo. She strove to demonstrate that European colonization has not been an ...

Eastern Congo, a peripheral part of the inter-lacustrine ... humanity and modern capitalism had the world seen such a penal colony. It is a vision of hell which is still engraved in the memory ...

But Tree continues key themes his creations revolve around. “I’ve long been working on the colonial past because I am from Congo,” Baloji said. The story explores the tribulations of the ...