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Theme by Day LP.
15th
May

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“Cinemas became quite popular in the African neighborhoods, youths identified with the American Cowboy and Indian Westerns. Buffalo Bill in particular was popular because of his similarity to hunter heroes of Congolese tradition.”-teenagefilm.com
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Léopoldville, Zaire (now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo)
1950s
8th
May

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 The extraction of cobalt and copper in Katanga, as documented by artist Sammy Baloji for the  ’Kolwezi’ exhibition.