Tag: congo

Can an Artists’ Collective in Africa Repair a Colonial Legacy? Its founders believe that they can use the tools of the Western art world to help heal the effects of more than a century of plunder. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/07/25/can-an-artists-collective-in-africa-repair-a-colonial-legacy He spent a couple of weeks parading through rubble and Chechen refugee camps, playing […]

The Dark Side of Congo’s Cobalt Rush Cell phones and electric cars rely on the mineral, causing a boom in demand. Locals are hunting for this buried treasure—but are getting almost none of the profit. via The New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/05/31/the-dark-side-of-congos-cobalt-rush The man stopped digging in his yard. Instead, he cut through the floor of his house, […]