Collection
- Remembering 1807
- Photography and the Congolese Diaspora
- Contemporary Imagery
- Decomposing the Colonial Gaze
Theme
Country
- United Kingdom
- Democratic Republic of Congo Re-photographed in Britain
- London
- Democratic Republic of Congo Rephotographed in Britain
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- India
Date
Location
Type
The Freedom! sculpture
The Freedom! sculpture was created by a group of Haitian artists to represent Haiti's struggle for freedom and human rights. It was commissioned in 2007 by a collaboration of the international development charity Christian Aid and National Museums Liverpool to mark the bicentenary. The Freedom!…
House Slave - Field Slave: A Portrait of Contemporary Slavery
'House Slave - Field Slave: A Portrait of Contemporary Slavery' was created in 2007 by Nicola Green in collaboration with Anti-Slavery International and first exhibited at Dulwich Picture Gallery. The artwork explored the concept of contemporary slavery and the stories of those still enslaved. The…
Gilt of Cain
Gilt of Cain was unveiled by the Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu in Fen Court, City of London, in September 2008. The artwork, a collaboration by sculptor Michael Visocchi and poet Lemn Sissay, commemorates the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. The granite sculpture is composed of a group…
De Londres
Letitia Kamayi: You Should Know Me
Artist’s Statement
Kongo: You Should Know Me was my selfish way of learning more about my past, my ancestors through the images of my kinfolk.
Unfortunately, the archive institutions I approached all asked for paperwork I could not supply; money I could not…
Lydia's 2 Light
Letitia Kamayi: You Should Know Me
Artist’s Statement
Kongo: You Should Know Me was my selfish way of learning more about my past, my ancestors through the images of my kinfolk.
Unfortunately, the archive institutions I approached all asked for paperwork I could not supply; money I could not…
Mikuly
Letitia Kamayi: You Should Know Me
Artist’s Statement
Kongo: You Should Know Me was my selfish way of learning more about my past, my ancestors through the images of my kinfolk.
Unfortunately, the archive institutions I approached all asked for paperwork I could not supply; money I could not…
O.M. Kitenge
O.M. Kitenge, D.R. Congo.
2nd Generation Congolese, London.
S.S. Mundeke
S.S. Mundeke, Kingston Upon Thames, UK
1st Generation British Born Congolese/Angolan, London.
Ma J.M. Kilapi
Ma J.M. Kilapi, D.R. Congo
1st Generation Congolese/Angolan, London
J. Mundeke
J. Mundeke, Kingston Upon Thames,
U.K. 1st Generation British born Congolese/Angolan, London
N. D-Nkufi
N. Diansunzuka-Nfuki Kingston Upon Thames,
UK 1st Generation British born Congolese, London
Chez Mima
Chez Mima, African Goods Store
Dadinho
Dadinho, Dahinho Distributions, London
Fresh Congolese and African Food Store
Golgotha
Golgotha, Afro-Caribbean Hair Salon, Lualua Wear
La Difference
La Difference, Barbers
Barbershop name translates from French as "The Difference."
Mbongo Contre Mbongo
Mbongo Contre Mbongo, Barbers
Barber name translates from Lingala/French as "Money against Money"
Okapi
Okapi, Congolese and African Cuisine
Julienne Ledi Oniumbe, Photo Luc, 1971
Daughter of Tonton Oniumbe Jules,
Gecamines Employee, Lumbumbashi
Musengwa na Makanda-Kabobi, Nsele
Title translates to Musengwa at Political Bureau Meeting
Possible attendees: President Mobutu Sese Seko; Major company CEOs; Generals; Secret Services; Home Secretaries; Department Heads.
Extended Nuclear is Nuclear
Uncle and wife adopts nieces and nephews who move into the city, Kinshasa
Unknown baby now deceased.