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Congo crisis Negotiating Power in Africa

January 21, 2019

Florian Janyszek

Mobutu: The Practice and Reception of Power

In this project we look at the history of Mobutu. We follow his path through Sapin Makengele's canvas. The project ...

Negotiating Power in Africa

January 21, 2019

Florian Janyszek

Mobutu in Congolese Art

Tshibumba was a Congolese artist and self-proclaimed historian. His beginnings as a Congolese historian were the fruit of a series ...

Negotiating Power in Africa

January 21, 2019

Florian Janyszek

Bibliography

Blommaert, J., 2004. Grassroots Historiography and the Problem of Voice: Tshibumba’s Histoire du Zaïre. Journal of Linguistic Anthropology 14, 6–23.Conférence ...

Negotiating Power in Africa

January 21, 2019

Florian Janyszek

Authenticité, Mobutism and Art

Under Motubu’s rule, the creation of art and cultural heritage had two major roles for the government. One of those ...

Negotiating Power in Africa

January 21, 2019

Florian Janyszek

The Politics of Legitimation under Mobutu

1. 1966-1970; Consolidation.After coming to power in the second coup of 1965, Mobutu entered into a period of consolidation as ...

Negotiating Power in Africa

January 21, 2019

Florian Janyszek

Mobutu in the Background

Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, the man who would come to rule the Congo for three decades was born under less than auspicious ...

Negotiating Power in Africa

January 21, 2019

Florian Janyszek

Mobutu’s Ascension to Power

On the 5th of September 1960, Kasa-Vubu announced that he had dismissed Lumumba, who until then functioned as the prime ...

Negotiating Power in Africa

January 18, 2019

Lucy Wiseman

Mobutu and the Legacy of the UN

The sixth and final of Tshibumba's paintings selected is entitled LE DISCOURS LE PLUS APPLAUDI DE L’ONU:The painting depicts a speech made ...