Society & Culture

Maruisca’s Twelve-Year Artistic Trajectory Maruisca, born Marielle Mavoungou in Pointe-Noire, emerged on the urban arts scene in 2013, when slam was still a fringe genre in Central Africa. After founding …

Malaria burden and a calibrated national response Malaria still claims more than 600 000 lives annually across the continent, and the Republic of Congo accounts for roughly 3 % of …

Brazzaville positions itself as Africa’s cultural agora When the lights dimmed inside the ornately refurbished Palais des Congrès, the symbolic heart of Congo’s diplomatic quarter, the audience of heads of …

Brazzaville sets the tempo for a digital renaissance When the twelfth edition of the Pan-African Music Festival (FESPAM) gathered experts in Brazzaville on 24 July, the conversation drifted rapidly from …

A Stage for Linguistic Excellence in the Republic of Congo Few conference halls in Brazzaville are as symbolically charged as that of Marien-Ngouabi University’s rectorate. On 30 July, its polished …

Cinema lights dim and a cultural current awakens A cool July evening in the heart of Brazzaville’s Poto-Poto district rarely stops cultural devotees, and the single screening of “La rumba …

A Presidential Overture of Soft Power Few heads of state appear twice at the same cultural event, yet President Denis Sassou Nguesso both opened and closed the twelfth Pan-African Music …

Cultural Diplomacy through Melodic Heritage When the lights dimmed in the Palais des Congrès of Brazzaville on 24 July, the audience—diplomats, ministers, scholars and musicians—was greeted by more than a …

A cinematic tribute at FESPAM 2025 The premiere of Yamina Benguigui’s sixty-minute documentary “Congolese Rumba: The Heroines” at Canal Olympia Brazzaville marked one of the most talked-about moments of the …