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ISIS Attacks in DR Congo: A New Phase of a Western Scheme for Resource Plunder The new president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is asking for US help to fend off an alleged ISIS threat. “The idea of ISIS establishing a caliphate might seem comical if the indigenous people of Beni weren't being massacred by the illegal resource trafficking...

«Il est des hommes qui nous marquent. Il est des hommes qui nous entrainent. Il est des hommes qui nous illuminent. Papa Wemba, ce maître de l’art, est de ceux qui n’ont pas besoin qu’on les loue. Ses œuvres suffisent à cette tâche. Elles l’expriment à haute et intelligible voix. Homme de talent et de génie, figure de proue...

COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE Pour publication immediate Goma, le 29 Mars 2019. Vernissage ce lundi 1er Avril de l'installation photo - vidéo Transcend d'une dizaine d'artistes congolais à l'Université de Pennsylvanie, aux États-Unis. Cette première américaine aura lieu pendant la commémoration du 30e conférence PHENND sur le thème Trauma institutions d'ancrage. Transcend est le résultat d'un atelier à Goma (Juin 2017) et à Lubumbashi (Mars 2018)...

From Chapel Hill to Democratic Republic of Congo, music professor Chérie Rivers Ndaliko empowers students to come together and use creativity as a touchstone for social change. photo courtesy of Alkebu Film Productions As part of Yole!Africa, Chérie Rivers Ndaliko helps youth in the Democratic Republic of Congo use creativity to tell their experiences of conflict. Here, Ndaliko gives instructions on...

Bimestrially sent from our site: Nonkilling.org. "Nonkilling art explores the spirit and practice of how to prevent, respond to, and to improve individual, social, and global well-being beyond killing." —Glenn D. Paige Dear NKARC members and friends,Thank you for your thoughtful contributions on Nonkilling Arts and the material you have pointed to me.  These are eclectic and inspirational. My contributions this time include a commentary on this...

South African liberation struggle icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. EPA-EFE/Jon Hrusha Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape Writings on South African liberation struggle icon Winnie Mandela almost...