Easter in the Democratic Republic of the Congo—where congregants celebrate with the Zairean Rite, the only Vatican-approved liturgy shaped by local culture, alive with song, dance, and striking ritual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the two Congos, there’s a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as “sapeurs”, ...

Reviewed by Z. S. Strother in African arts (Los Angeles) 51 (3) autumn 2018, pages 92-93 (N1.A258 AFA). "Together the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium and the Institut des Musées ...

In the early 1990s, long before petrol stations, supermarkets, and hardware stores reshaped the urban landscape, the area between what was then known as Rwandex and Mburabuturo pulsed with a distinct ...

Catholics across the Democratic Republic of Congo are packing into churches to celebrate Easter, filling them with song and dance. Congo has Africa's largest Catholic population, and many worshippers ...

In the two Congos, there’s a cultural movement by the Society of Ambience-Makers and Elegant People (Sape), known as “sapeurs”, who blend fashion, culture and social resistance. Though it was rooted ...