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How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence
The burden that Patrice Lumumba, prime minister of the Republic of the Congo, assumed was an awesome one. On his young, slim ...
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War Returns to the Democratic Republic of Congo: What to Know
The Democratic Republic of Congo has been mired in conflict for years. As fresh fighting surges in the east, the roots of ...
‘The Tree of Authenticity’ Is a Cinematic Essay About Congo’s Colonial Past and Ecological Significance
Photographer and visual artist Sammy Baloji discusses his International Film Festival Rotterdam Tiger Competition entry, the importance of sound, and the Pier Paolo Pasolini adaptation he is hoping to ...
A Training School For Elephants by Sophy Roberts: The four elephants that broke their backs to build an empire
When Leopold II, King of Belgium, set about creating his own colony in the Congo, he used elephants - and barbaric cruelty - to clear the impenetrable jungle ...
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Push-and-pull: Ocampo on how he dealt with ICC suspects from East Africa
Book reveals previously unknown details about the push-and-pull negotiations that have shaped the search for accountability ...
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A new book explains what the color blue can teach us about Black history
In her new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People ... On the mining of cobalt in the Congo for smartphone batteries The people of the Congo die at extraordinary rates for us to ...
Looking to a Time When Most of the World’s Babies Will Be African
Forecasts suggest that by 2100, a majority of the world’s babies will be African, leading to predictions of an African ...
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South Africa working to support its troops station in DR Congo
The hadal zone, as scientists call it, is located in the ocean trenches, more than 6,000 meters below the surface. This region is all darkness and intense pressure, yet... some rare species actually ...
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Bocas book bulletin
A monthly round-up of news about Caribbean books and writers, presented by the Bocas Lit FestWELCOME to the latest ...
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Review: Imani Perry's 'Black in Blues' explores Black history, culture through the color blue
Her book starts in her grandmother’s home in ... Whether Perry is writing about the pale blue flag of the “Congo Free State” or the history of blue and race in Louisiana, her prose is ...
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Pope Francis reveals some secrets — and keeps many others — in new memoir
In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world ...
The U.S.’s exit from WHO, a chance to reshape global health
Global health should not be at the mercy of funding or the expertise from one or a handful of high-income countries and must ...