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… aimed at attracting investors and winning over the Belgian population. It was in 1898 that the temporary … exhibition became the first permanent museum of the Congo. The institute has always served the dual purpose of … … Museum of the Congo … , it became the … Museum of the Belgian Congo … when the Congo Free State became the Belgian …
… reign from 1959 to 1961 as Mwami of Rwanda, then under Belgian trusteeship, was very eventful. A biographical note … other important figures from the colonial history of DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi can be found on the AfricaMuseum's … composed of his secretary, Jean-Berchmans Kimenyi, and the Belgian resident, André Preud'homme. (HP.1959.28.900, …
… come from … Central Africa … , in particular the … DR Congo … . The museum also manages collections from other … of human skeletal material was transferred to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels in 1964. … in particular, the … postal and illustrative policy of the Belgian Congo … , with preparatory images, die proofs and …
… Congolese chief Maroka. This collection was collected by a Belgian expedition leader in Belgian Congo for the Tervuren museum. The aim is to shed new light …
… as a gateway to archives and knowledge about the shared Belgian, Burundian, Congolese and Rwandan colonial past. The … but still fragmented collections and information on the Belgian colonial period. It will also offer educational tools … on the colonial history of Belgium, Burundi, the DR Congo and Rwanda. Via this portal, the visitor will be able …
… role in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Farnana was a Congolese agronomist, nationalist and … a year after Leopold II's Congo Free State had become a Belgian colony, Farnana was employed as an agricultural specialist by the Belgian colonial government. He returned to Congo in the same …
… INDÉPENDANCE ! In … 2010 … , the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Belgium commemorated the … 50th anniversary … The exhibition is the result of a partnership between Belgian and Congolese institutions: Bambi Ceuppens (RMCA), … … was born. Around twenty emblematic … artists of the Belgian hip-hop scene, most of Congolese origin … , used …
… from the colonial period of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. The book in two volumes is also … of the archives on Congo Free State (1885-1908), Belgian Congo (1908-1960) and Rwanda-Urundi ([1916] … in the world - to find out exactly who is keeping what on Belgian territory. In this way, this guide meets a triple …
… In 2022, as part of the HOME project on human remains in Belgian collections, AfricaMuseum researchers were able to … of the two mummified individuals. They were found by a Belgian military officer on Rwanda’s Mount Cyanzarwe in 1915. … a cave in the region of Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Results from the paleontological analysis confirmed …
… and return of assets related to colonisation from Belgian federal museum collections Following a debate that started in June 2021, on June 30, 2022, the Belgian Parliament adopted the law "recognising the alienable … State on the one hand and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi on the other. It could be based on …