For sapeurs, appearance is a powerful way to make an impression and stand out in an environment often defined by hardship.

In the two Congos, there's a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as "sapeurs", who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it was rooted ...

Interview - Director Johan Grimonprez discusses Soundtrack to a Coup d'État, his powerful exploration of Congo's decolonization struggle, in conversation with Peter Mertens, Belgian political leader ...

Christ Miyalou-Louvouelo plans to link up Canadian and Kenyan artistes through a cultural exchange programme. The artiste, who is also known as Christ Walk, is a composer-performer, cultural ...

Privately-owned Trident Energy has wrapped up a trio of linked transactions with supermajors that gives it operatorship of three legacy oil and gas fields offshore Congo-Brazzaville and boosts its ...

China and the Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, have formulated “a timetable and road map” for how President Xi Jinping’s US$50 billion funding commitment will go into ...

At a Congo Week event highlighting Congolese women, Wambua said humanitarian aid often fails to meet cultural needs. “One of the refugees told me that sometimes when they receive aid ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Alain Mabanckou’s exuberant new novel, like his International Booker Prize-longlisted Black Moses (2015 ...