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

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.

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 .

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 ...

In Congo itself, humans were the least valued commodity, at the mercy of the worst ...

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 ...

Over six decades after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) gained independence, its eastern provinces continue to face violence, exploitation, and geopolitical manipulation. The rise of the M23 ...

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 ...