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Novelist Emmanuel Dongala on Exile

Arts, Culture & Media

Kurt Andersen and Congolese novelist Emmanuel Dongala look at the lives and work of composers, writers, and musicians who left their native homelands and sought refuge in the United States. Dongala was born in the Congo Republic and educated in the United States and France. In 1997, civil war in the Congo forced him to […]

Emmanuel Dongala

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Artisanal gold miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo use their hands and crude tools to find and extract gold.

Tracing conflict gold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Images: When you are gay (and afraid) in Uganda

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New monkey species discovered in Africa, but future may be in doubt

VIDEO: A sanctuary in the Congo takes in orphaned chimpanzees

Orphaned chimpanzees are common in central Africa, their parents poached and killed for exotic restaurants or sold into the pet trade. But a sanctuary for young chimps is taking them in and hopes to return them to the wild.

The World

New Monkey Species Found in Central Africa

Environment

The answer to today’s Geo Quiz is the Lomami Forest, an African lowland rainforest in the DRC where a new species of monkey, Lesula, has been discovered. Conservation biologist John Hart with the Lukuru Wildlife Research Project talks about the discovery.

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Front Row Seat to Erupting Volcano in Congo’s Virunga National Park

Environment

When a volcano erupts, perhaps the best advice we’ve heard is … turn around and run! But for today’s Geo Quiz – we’re going in for a closer look. A volcano began putting on a show about a week ago in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Viva Riva!: Democratic Republic of Congo’s First Movie in 25 Years

Arts, Culture & Media

The film pulses to the musical as well as the visual rhythms of Kinshasa.

The Make Love, Not War Species

Bonobos, members of the great ape family, have very elaborate, and unique, social and sexual behaviors.