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… . This book sheds new light on a little-known aspect of Belgian colonisation in Central Africa. It traces the … of the wildlife conservation policies put in place under Belgian colonisation in the Congo (Congo Free State and Belgian Congo) to cope with the … protecting another, has always been a stumbling block in Belgian colonial policy. The latter swung between these two …
… 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 … by the profits from the royal private domain of the Congo. As Leopold II had died before the works were …
… 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, …
… DR Congo … Africa. The majority of the objects originate from the DR Congo. > Consult our musical instruments online … DR Congo … DR Congo … of human skeletal material was transferred to the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels in 1964. The … DR Congo, Rwanda and Burundi …
… 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 … man Armand Hutereau was sent to the northeast of the Congo between 1911 and 1913 to 'enrich' the collection of the …
… 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 …
… 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 …
… , the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Belgium commemorated the … 50th anniversary of Congo’s independence … DR Congo … . Most of them were present when Congo became an independent nation. The exhibit used these … The exhibition is the result of a partnership between Belgian and Congolese institutions: Bambi Ceuppens (RMCA), …
… from the colonial period of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. The book in two volumes is also … in the identification and description of the archives on Congo Free State (1885-1908), Belgian Congo (1908-1960) and Rwanda-Urundi ([1916] … and offers starting points for tracing sources on the Belgian colonisation held abroad. Hundreds of illustrations …
… 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 …