Innovative Research Methods

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 ...

Negotiating Power in Africa

January 18, 2019

Lucy Wiseman

The Relationship Between Art and History

The relationship between art and history has been a recent topic of scholarly interest in relation to Congolese historiography (Fabian: ...

Negotiating Power in Africa

January 17, 2019

Lucy Wiseman

Digital SourcesBok, Marrigje de. "Congo in Cartoons in the Tropenmuseum." The Power of Culture, June 2004. http://www.powerofculture.nl/en/current/2004/june/congo.html "Cheri Samba." African Contemporary. https://www.africancontemporary.com/Cheri%20Samba.htm "Die ...

Negotiating Power in Africa

January 17, 2019

Lucy Wiseman

The UN and the Congo Crisis

"L’Indépendent Sanguine, Congo 1960-1965."This project explores the relationship between art and history in relation to the role of the United ...