Sammy Baloji’s work allows us to revisit the DRC’s past and explore how art can help us understand decolonisation.
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The nationalist art of Mobutu Sese Seko and the art nouveau style of King Leopold II both live on in Kinshasa in fascinating ways.
King Charles III’s recent statements are a reflection of the progress Kenya has made in seeking redress for colonial-era legacies.
Because ethnic territories are a major source of political friction and persecution in the world, it’s important to investigate how they are created and used in conflicts.
For many of contemporary Congolese musicians the idea of authenticité was seen as a positive one at a certain level, even though Mobutu abused Congo culture to build his own personality cult.
The Soviet Union tested its own atomic bomb in 1949, to the profound shock of the US. This heated up the Cold War dramatically and thrust the Congo to the centre of American geopolitical strategy
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Musician, Academic, Consultant, The University of Edinburgh
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Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor of French Studies, University of Warwick
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Adjunct assistant professor, University of Copenhagen
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Lecturer in Law, University of East London
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Senior Lecturer in Visual Art, University of Johannesburg
