This week, King Philippe of Belgium returned a ceremonial Congolese mask once exhibited in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The repatriation of the mask was part of a historic first visit to the country by the monarch. Host Marco Werman spoke with Eric Kuikende Bonshona, a researcher at the National Museum of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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