Plenty of artists proudly rep their roots, but few artists will go to the lengths that Miles from Kinshasa does. Originally from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, hence the name, Miles is ...

An opposition demonstration, banned by the authorities, is quickly supressed by the police in Kinshasa who proceed to arrest people. Local leader of the opposition party Martin Fayulu also becomes ...

Sounds of Earth features music videos Kinshasa’s KOKOKO and more. Sounds of Earth features music videos Kinshasa’s KOKOKO, Colombian-Canadian artist Lido Pimiento, L.A. band La Chamba, Portuguese ...

Kinshasa, a megalopolis of at least 12 million people, is known for its heaps of rubbish and rivers covered with plastic bottles. The Clean Plast company collects, processes, and recycles all types of ...

Forget Paris, Milan or New York City. The place to be for fashionistas on the last weekend of July is Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kinshasa Fashion Week includes ...

For Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, an electro-rock trio in Kinshasa, Congo, a piece of trash can start a jam session. Their unique style has drawn a following in Europe and the United States. With more than 15 ...

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This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. Behold the artist. He emerges from a shed that is no bigger than a jail cell, though it is brightly painted and a sign ...

The “Rumble in the Jungle”, watched by millions around the world, turned Ali into a living legend. It also helped put Zaire – now the Democratic Republic of Congo – and its brutal dictator Mobutu Sese ...

Sitting at his desk in a stuffy office with a rainbow flag hanging behind him, 31-year-old Patou Izai says it takes a lot of courage to come out as gay in Kinshasa, the sprawling capital city of ...

Gode Bola receives funding support from the Congo River User Hydraulics and Morphology (CRuHM) project (2016-2021), which was entirely funded by The Royal Society-DFID Africa Capacity Building ...