Description
Africalia Editions Collection [photo]
Africalia Editions & Roularta Books 2007
25 photographersFrom a number of towns in the Democratic Republic of Congo, they capture the thousand and one daily gestures of the inhabitants of this immense country. In the street, at school, in concessions, at weddings or funerals, in places where people live and survive, they have tried to define their identity.
192 author photos to tell the story of today's Congo. These previously unpublished images, presented in eight themes, are accompanied by original texts written by four brilliant writers from Kinshasa and Lubumbashi. A photographic testimony without equivalent in the DRC.
Congo Eza. Congo exists.
The photographers
Sammy Baloji, Robert Cirimba, Gulda El Magambo, Sébastien Kabamba Kipa, Katambwe wa Kazadi de Sikasso, Nono Katanga, Jean Kiat Wandand, Etienne Kokolo, Anicet Florent Labakh, Blanchard Labakh, Danielle Lubanzadio Yala, Malateau Mudimba Mukendi, Jean-Pierre Maludi, Emmanuel Malumbi, Victor Mango, Willy Mfumu Falanka, Faustin Molanga, Mopreso Ngombe Ntumba, Gabriel Mukaza, Alain Mwilambwe, Shabani, Simon Tshiamala, Christian Tundula, Alain Wandimoyi and Ferdinand Wemakoy.
Technical data
Available in 3 languages: French, Dutch and English
Format: 24.5 x 23.5 cm
Number of pages: 264 p.
Price: €30.00
ISBN : 978-90-5466-623-3
Publication date: 2007
Exhibition
A travelling exhibition showcases the work of Congolese photographers, based on a selection of images taken from the book Congo Eza.