Black History Month 2018: Heart of Darkness
“When is this independence thing going to end?”
Democratic Republic of Congo
Black History Month 2018: Africa Addio
The best movie ever made about post-colonial Africa
President Trump “Deeply Respects” African Shitholes
Trump sends letter to African Union to end firestorm
Review: Empire of Dust: China In Africa (2011)
The Chinese are developing the Democratic Republic of Congo
Review: Congo: The Epic History of a People
David van Reybrouck’s Congo: The Epic History of a People is a longwinded narrative that attempts to avoid the pitfalls of “Eurocentrism” in conventional historical accounts […]
Congolese Economics
Editor’s Note: This excerpt comes from David von Reybrouck’s Congo: The Epic History of a People. Nothing that follows in Reybrouck’s account comes as any […]
The Simba Rebellion
We’re now several years into independence in the Democratic Republic of Congo: “Mama Lungeni saw the rebels come to town. In early August of 1964 […]
Congo’s Independence
I’m getting to the good part now in this massive book on the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo … first, this is the […]
Congo’s Mineral Wealth
Here’s an important excerpt from David Van Reybrouck’s new book, Congo: The Epic History of a People: “Beneath its surface, Congo turned out to conceal […]
Caribbean Project: The Duvalierist Revolution
Haiti For several years now, I have used this blog to indulge in one of my favorite hobbies: in the dead of winter, usually during […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: In The Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz
Zaire Michela Wrong’s In The Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu’s Congo is an investigative journalist’s take on the […]
Black History Month 2012: Kin La Poubelle
Democratic Republic of Congo Over the last 52 years, Léopoldville (now “Kinshasa”) has undergone the most extreme form of man made “climate change” anywhere on […]
Black History Month 2012: Rape in the Congo
Democratic Republic of Congo Americans are accustomed to dealing with natural disasters. California has its earthquakes. Florida has its hurricanes. Kansas has its tornadoes. Arizona […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: Africa Addio
Africa Africa Addio (Farewell Africa) is a 1966 Italian documentary that explores the triumph of freedom and equality in post-colonial Africa. Decried as a “brutal, […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: Viva Riva!
Democratic Republic of Congo In the American imagination, Detroit symbolizes the depths to which civilization under the Black Undertow is capable of sinking. Black History […]
Black History Month 2012: Review: Lumumba
Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba was the Congolese version of Malcolm X and Barack Hussein Obama. In June 1960, the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
Deadliest Journeys: Congo
Congo H/T Nicawawa. “Hey white man, when you go home, tell them to rebuild our roads.” – Congolese trucker In this video, 1,500 Congolese sail […]
The Belgian Congo: A Civilization Destroyed By The Black Undertow
Congo Feast your eyes on this: a photo gallery of an entire civilization destroyed by the Black Undertow and transformed by freedom, equality, and democracy […]