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Konono No 1 (DV Blog)
I was a bit wary of the rather glib “Congotronics” marketing
surrounding the absolutely fantastic music coming from Konono No 1
and other bands (including the Kasai All Stars) from Kinshasa,
Democratic Republic of the Congo*** – there’s so often a touch
(or more) of paternalism in these things as western rock luminaries
find some beautiful flower of music and well intentionedly but stupidly
trample and traduce it as they make it “palatable” for western consumers.
1961 Preface to Fanon's 'Wretched of the Earth', by Jean Paul Sartre
Not so very long ago, the earth numbered two thousand million inhabitants: five hundred million men, and one thousand five hundred million natives. The former had the Word; the others had the use of it. Between the two there were hired kinglets, overlords and a bourgeoisie, sham from beginning to end, which served as go-betweens. In the colonies the truth stood naked, but the citizens of the mother country preferred it with clothes on: the native had to love them, something in the way mothers are loved.
Read MoreBed net ownership, use, and perceptions among women seeking antenatal care in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): opportunities for improved maternal and child health
To describe malaria knowledge, attitudes toward malaria and bed net use, levels of ownership and use of bed nets, and factors associated with ownership and use among pregnant women attending their first antenatal care (ANC) visit in Kinshasa, DRC.
Read MoreOPEN ANTHROPOLOGY: Review of Johannes Fabian’s Ethnography as Commentary, with 2 comments
The Three Bloggers…and Tweeting versus Telepathy
I am writing about an event that I advertised earlier here, Johannes Fabian’s address to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University in Montreal, co-organized with the Department of Anthropology at McGill University. The event lasted from 5:00 to 7:00pm and was heavily attended, with at least 60 people present, from at least three separate anthropology departments in Montreal (including those from the Université de Montréal). In addition, three of us are anthropology bloggers, all tied to the Department at Concordia: Owen Wiltshire (Another Anthro Blog), Alexandre Enkerli (Disparate), and myself. We all took notes, and Owen also recorded the event on a digital audio recorder.
Read More1929 (or older) postcards from CMBC
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Read More2008 The War in Eastern Congo. Fightings and IDP, Aug. SEp.
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Read More1960-1965 THE CONGO CRISIS
The Congo Crisis (1960-1965) was a period of turmoil in the First Republic of the Congo that began with national independence from Belgium and ended with the seizing of power by Joseph Mobutu. At various points it had the characteristics of anti-colonial struggle, a secessionist war with the province of Katanga, a United Nations peacekeeping operation, and a Cold War proxy battle between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Crisis caused the death of some 100,000 people[1]. It led to the assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, as well as a traumatic setback to the United Nations following the death of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld in a plane crash as he sought to mediate.
Read More1990/1991 Jane Goodall Visits Kinshasa
In 1990, and again in September of 1991, Jane Goodall visited Kinshasa, with the goal of convincing the Zairian government to confiscate apes being sold as pets on the open market. (Always ready for a group photo, my workers posed proudly in front of a monkey habitat built for a breeding pair of owl-faced monkeys, Cercopithicus hamlyni).
Read More1876 Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo by Richard F. Burton
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Read More1906 "Red Rubber " by E.D Morel
The text was published several times with some additions; The present text was edited in 1910.
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