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✦Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1985 painting Pharynx reflects Basquiat’s ongoing engagement with issues of race, identity, & mortality
✦Jean-Michel Basquiat’s 1985 painting Pharynx reflects Basquiat’s ongoing engagement with issues of race, identity, & mortality
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A year after the wedding of her sister Isabel, on Dec 6, 2003 Tchizé dos Santos married Hugo André Nobre Pêgo, a Portuguese engineer.
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A year after the wedding of her sister Isabel, on Dec 6, 2003 Tchizé dos Santos married Hugo André Nobre Pêgo, a Portuguese engineer.
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The Angolan rebel movement MPLA established its HQ in Léopoldville in 1962. In 1968, Augustin Dokolo’s 2nd wife Marie-Josée operated shops nearby...
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The Angolan rebel movement MPLA established its HQ in Léopoldville in 1962. In 1968, Augustin Dokolo’s 2nd wife Marie-Josée operated shops nearby...
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After 400 years of colonial rule, Portugal formally withdrew from Angola on November 11, 1975.
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After 400 years of colonial rule, Portugal formally withdrew from Angola on November 11, 1975.
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Augustin Dokolo visited Dakar for the Festival des Arts Négres in 1966. This was for him a "prise de conscience totale" (total awakening).
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Augustin Dokolo visited Dakar for the Festival des Arts Négres in 1966. This was for him a "prise de conscience totale" (total awakening).
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In 1946, Romain-Desfossés founded the Hangar School,
the first official studio for indigenous art in the Belgian Congo
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In 1946, Romain-Desfossés founded the Hangar School,
the first official studio for indigenous art in the Belgian Congo
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His research uncovered details that were not well received by all members of the Dokolo family.
#RDC #SindikaDokolo #HistoireCongo #Kinshasa
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His research uncovered details that were not well received by all members of the Dokolo family.
#RDC #SindikaDokolo #HistoireCongo #Kinshasa
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Mupepe Lebo’s was appointed independent liquidator of the Nouvelle Banque de Kinshasa (NBK) in 2003.
#ContemporaryArt #AfricanHistory #SindikaDokolo #RDC
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Mupepe Lebo’s was appointed independent liquidator of the Nouvelle Banque de Kinshasa (NBK) in 2003.
#ContemporaryArt #AfricanHistory #SindikaDokolo #RDC
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Luanda: Following the Palácio de Ferro's restoration in January 2016, the Fundação Sindika Dokolo inaugurated the restored palace.
#SindikaDokolo
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Luanda: Following the Palácio de Ferro's restoration in January 2016, the Fundação Sindika Dokolo inaugurated the restored palace.
#SindikaDokolo
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The inspiration to write Sindika’s biography came after I saw an exhibition of his art collection. Less than a year later, he was dead.
#SindikaDokolo #Art
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The inspiration to write Sindika’s biography came after I saw an exhibition of his art collection. Less than a year later, he was dead.
#SindikaDokolo #Art
-Un associé d’affaires de Sindika
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"I remember that he liked the word oligarch... "
-A business associate
tinyurl.com/57xy5tpn
#RDC #SindikaDokolo #nonfictionbooks #africanart
-Un associé d’affaires de Sindika
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"I remember that he liked the word oligarch... "
-A business associate
tinyurl.com/57xy5tpn
#RDC #SindikaDokolo #nonfictionbooks #africanart
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Le lieu préféré de Sindo à Courchevel : Les Caves, décor somptueux, DJs internationaux, élégance et ambiance vibrante.
#Courchevel #Sindo #SindikaDokolo
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Le lieu préféré de Sindo à Courchevel : Les Caves, décor somptueux, DJs internationaux, élégance et ambiance vibrante.
#Courchevel #Sindo #SindikaDokolo
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Kimbangu’s trial in Thysville marked a turning point for the Kimbanguist Church and African liberation.
#Kimbanguist #Thysville #SindikaDokolo tinyurl.com/jtf8nd88
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Kimbangu’s trial in Thysville marked a turning point for the Kimbanguist Church and African liberation.
#Kimbanguist #Thysville #SindikaDokolo tinyurl.com/jtf8nd88
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Isabel dos Santos posted a photo of herself next to Weinstein at a 2016 Sardinia party, a year before his sexual assault scandal.
#IsabelDosSantos
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Isabel dos Santos posted a photo of herself next to Weinstein at a 2016 Sardinia party, a year before his sexual assault scandal.
#IsabelDosSantos
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Built in 1911, gold-plated renovations by architect Pierre Corbisier, it served as residence for Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga's children. 🏰✨
#Mobutu #Uccle tinyurl.com/yk3nxts9
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Built in 1911, gold-plated renovations by architect Pierre Corbisier, it served as residence for Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga's children. 🏰✨
#Mobutu #Uccle tinyurl.com/yk3nxts9
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Sindika Dokolo, like a modern Moses, framed art repatriation as cultural salvation against imperialism
#SindikaDokolo #ArtRepatriation #LiberationRhetoric #Moses
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Sindika Dokolo, like a modern Moses, framed art repatriation as cultural salvation against imperialism
#SindikaDokolo #ArtRepatriation #LiberationRhetoric #Moses
Sindika passed away 5 years ago.
Roxana Azimi publiait dans Le Monde une nécrologie éclairante.
Roxana Azimi published an insightful obituary in Le Monde
tinyurl.com/yu7cp53c
#SindikaDokolo #RDC #LeMonde #RoxanaAzimi
Sindika passed away 5 years ago.
Roxana Azimi publiait dans Le Monde une nécrologie éclairante.
Roxana Azimi published an insightful obituary in Le Monde
tinyurl.com/yu7cp53c
#SindikaDokolo #RDC #LeMonde #RoxanaAzimi
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The stones of death (2005 report) - the Lundas shine with blood, not diamonds. Time for justice, truth, and reform
#Angola #Diamonds #Justice
tinyurl.com/nhzkuc8k
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The stones of death (2005 report) - the Lundas shine with blood, not diamonds. Time for justice, truth, and reform
#Angola #Diamonds #Justice
tinyurl.com/nhzkuc8k