Congo Style: How Two Dictators Shaped the DRC's Architecture, Art and Monuments
Ruth Sacks' new book Congo Style: From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence focuses on the fascinating development of the Democratic Republic of
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Ruth Sacks' new book Congo Style: From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence focuses on the fascinating development of the Democratic Republic of
Patrice Emery Lumumba, "father of Congolese independence", was finally buried on June 30 in Kinshasa 61 years after his assassination- This came after former colonial power Belgium returned his tooth ten days earlier. But while the Belgian gesture allowed a rare moment of national unity, organized at great expense by the Congolese state, it also highlighted the lack justice and reparations for this colonial crime, half-confessed and far from being forgiven.