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Rémy Jadinon
Cultural anthropology & history
Culture & Society
Culture & Society
Publication details
Jadinon, R. 2021. ‘"Quand l”art danse et chante". L”art du Bobongo et les tambours divinatoires nkooku’. In: Julien Volper (ed), La part de l’ombre. Paris : Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac / Skira, pp. 176. ISBN: 9782370741455.
Chapter in an edited catalog
Light on the south-west of the Congo. Through 150 works, "La part de l'ombre" reveals the rich artistic production of a little known region. It is an opportunity to restore the wooden statuary of the Congo to its rightful place.
The South-West of Congo corresponds more or less to the former province of Bandundu, which included the current territories of Kwango, Kwilu and Mai-Ndombe, while also incorporating the current province of Kinshasa. Covering almost half the surface area of France, the region is as diverse - more than a dozen peoples live there - as it is culturally rich. This richness is particularly evident in the plastic arts, as shown by the extraordinary diversity of forms of statuary, masks and other everyday objects.