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

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 ...

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

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 ...