This article explores the history, rules, and impact of Sape, highlighting its deep connection with music and its role in ...

At the height of her husband’s power, 28-year-old Pauline Lumumba wore diamonds and high heels and Paris frocks. Last week she bared her breasts in the Congo’s traditional sign of mourning ...

Belgian King Baudouin, standing stiffly in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), delivered a speech praising Belgium’s “civilising mission,” glossing over the brutality of its colonial rule.Then came ...

Belgian King Baudouin, standing stiffly in Leopoldville (now Kinshasa), delivered a speech praising Belgium’s “civilising mission,” glossing over the brutality of its colonial rule. Then came Patrice ...

“In view of Kenyatta’s apparently deep-seated prejudice against Tshombe, seems likely any Kenyan sent by Kenyatta might well go to Leopoldville with at least informal instructions to work in the ...

Discover which cities lead in size with their urban and metropolitan populations, such as Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai and, of ...

But it is Patrice Lumumba, the African nationalist, who is remembered for his courage and dedication to African nationalism – ...

Oscar-nominated documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” examines the rise to power and 1962 assassination of Patrice Lumumba.

At the peak of the Cold War, Dag Hammarskjöld (a commanding performance from Mikael Persbrandt, In A Better World and Sex Education)...is at the pinnacle ...of his power, serving his seventh year as ...