Il y a 29 ans jour pour jour, le 7 septembre 1997, disparaissait le "maréchal-président Mobutu Sese Seko". Il a dirigé le ...
L'abacost est la contraction de « à bas le costume ». De 1972 à 1990, le Zaïre interdit à ses citoyens la veste, la chemise ...
The weeks of denial for Africa’s most durable dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, finally came to an end on Thursday, when his three top generals asked for an urgent meeting. The trio was ...
As in a bad dream, everything seemed to be moving at half speed. But slowly, the Congo’s balance was tipping toward the forces that bore the label of reckless Patrice Lumumba, though he was still in ...
An illustration of former Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) President Mobutu Sese Seko, at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Gombe commune in Kinshasa (Arsene Mpiana | AFP via Getty Images) ...
What kind of art is left behind by totalitarian regimes? A new free-to-read book called Congo Style: From Belgian Art Nouveau to African Independence explores the visual culture, architecture and ...
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — Young people gaze up at large photographs of Mobutu Sese Seko, in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) national museum. A charismatic and outrageously ...