Sammy Baloji’s work allows us to revisit the DRC’s past and explore how art can help us understand decolonisation.
The nationalist art of Mobutu Sese Seko and the art nouveau style of King Leopold II both live on in Kinshasa in fascinating ways.
Driven by social justice, he showed that all people are capable of both good and evil.
Football provides a way for unpopular elites to build political capital – but also creates space for citizens to voice dissent.
All that remains of the political icon is a tooth, but it represents much more than just a human trophy.