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… and date of production (estimate): Luulu, Katanga, DR Congo, [Luba]. 2nd quarter of the 19th century Looted in Luulu on 26 March 1896 by Oscar Michaux's troops in the Congo Free State's armed force, the Force publique. Arrived … The Force publique was the armed force of Leopold II's Congo Free State. Composed of Congolese and other Africans, …
… , born to a Belgian-Congolese father, professional guitarist, and a … of rewind between today and the day she left her native Congo Brazzaville as a child. This new project, which also … was one of the first Belgian voices to speak, broadcast and comment on hip-hop …
… On January 19, 2022, Emmanuel Abwe ( UNILU: DR Congo ) publicly defended his doctoral thesis at the KU … the public defence itself. This work was funded by the Belgian Development Cooperation under two projects of the … of the Royal Museum for Central Africa. First by the MbiSa Congo I project (2013-2018) for data collection and writing. …
… and unequal relations, especially during the period of Congo Free State. This story is also told in our permanent … with representatives from the museum field and with Belgian and African authorities, as well as with Belgians of …
… a monumental dugout canoe from the Wagenia region (DR Congo) to display in one of the museum's main galleries. For … aimed to promote tourism in what was then known as the Belgian Congo. Leopold III's journey in 1957 This photograph was … 1957, while in hospital, Olbrechts also commissioned Belgian painter De Vaucleroy to produce a sketch of rowers …
… PRIMA is a project creating an international network of Belgian and African museums from the Republic of the Congo, Burkina Faso, and Kenya with the goal of digitising … Panafricain de la Musique in Brazzaville (Republic of the Congo) and Eveline Koho Kabou of the Musée de la Musique in …
… in the rotunda in 2018 with New breath, or Burgeoning Congo . Public reaction helped the AfricaMuseum realise that … of a second sculpture, Aimé Mpane, in co-creation with Belgian artist Jean Pierre Müller, proposed the RE/STORE …
… a collection of 219 items bought by the museum for 20,000 Belgian Francs from Léon Rom's widow in 1925, a year after … dates are later than 1896, the end of Rom's service in the Congo Free State; he nevertheless continued to work in Congo for two concession companies, one of which was the …
… particularly those from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). To ensure transparency in discussions about the … Minister Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde in February 2022, by the Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and Secretary of … that led to their registration as cultural heritage of the Belgian federal government. This will be achieved in the …
… from the Royal Museum for Central Africa, the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences and the Meise Botanic … and alizarin preparations). Main place of origin: DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Togo. The … found in Africa are represented. Main place of origin: DR Congo, Burundi and Rwanda. For some groups, the entire …