Tag : Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo-Kinshasa)

Artists

The Second Congo War is referred to as the African World War. The war is the world's deadliest conflict since World War II, killing 5.4 million people. Despite the signing of peace accords in 2003, fighting continues in the east of the country. In the east of the Democractic Republic of the Congo,...
This rap began as a poem, written by Omékongo while he volunteered for two months in a Congolese refugee camp watching people die and watching mothers forced to sell their children for the equivalent of a quarter. He says the poem is an entirely true story. He saw it as his calling to document the...
Walter travelled to East Congo at the beginning of 2009 to document a new weapon of war - rape. In the region, thousands of women have been and continue to be raped with total impunity by all sides in the conflict. He says in South Kivu County alone, 14,200 women and young girls were raped in two...
Cedou is a survivor of the war which ravaged the population of the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2008 and 2009. He wants to portray the innocent people dying in the presence of their enemy, and highlight his belief that the government did nothing to make the rebels go away - "instead they...
For the last seven years, photographer Espen has travelled the world, documenting the daily lives of refugees, going behind the headlines to countries largely forgotten by the world. He has followed in the footsteps of the 43 million or more people forced from their homes due to lack of action by...
As many as 500,000 women and children have been victims of rape as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Robin travelled there to photograph survivors, record their testimonies of brutal violence and tell their stories of survival. His greatest challenge was to do justice to the...
Basal’ya Bazoba uses musical theatre, rap and drama to address the persecution of child witches in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a country that is struggling to rebuild itself after decades of conflict. Having played to over100,000 people, this troupe has encouraged open discussions on the...