When the Six-Day War broke out in his native Congo two decades ago, documentary filmmaker Dieudo Hamadi—whose film “Downstream to Kinshasa” is the first Congolese film to be an official selection in ...

In June of 2000, the Six-Day War between Rwanda and Uganda raged across the city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In Downstream to Kinshasa, the first ever Congolese film selected for ...

"Maki'La" is an impressive film debut by Macherie Ekwa Bahango. It depicts the rough life of street children in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Maki'La" premiered at the Berlin ...

Viva Riva! breaks taboos with impetuous fluency, bringing explicit sex and violence faster than a kung-fu film to the African screen. The feature-length début by Congolese director Djo Tunda Wa Munga ...

Moroccan actress Nadia Kounda has won the Best Actress Award at the Brussels International Film Festival (FIFB) for her ...

True/False Documentary Festival award winner Dieudo Hamadi exposes the political crisis in the Congo through the stories of three young political activists in 'Kinshasa Makambo'. By Clarence Tsui ...

The social, political and economic influences that have contributed in the dominance of Congolese rumba as a global musical genre make for a compelling story. Research studies, books and films have ...

During the Six Day War, Rwandan and Ugandan armies clashed in the Congolese city of Kisangani, leaving behind a large population of disabled citizens, suffering from severed limbs. The government ...

"Maki'La" is an impressive film debut by Macherie Ekwa Bahango. It depicts the rough life of street children in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. "Maki'La" premiered at the Berlin ...