Society & Culture

Rights-lit slam festival arrives in Makélékélé From 8 to 10 December the usually tranquil Espace Bana Moi in Brazzaville’s first arrondissement, Makélékélé, will resonate with tight rhymes and urgent verse. …

A Literary Homage in the Heart of Brazzaville On 5 December an eclectic audience converged on the Centre culturel de Brazzaville for the presentation and signing of “Jacques L. Opangault …

Brazzaville Evening of Verse and Emotion Inside the softly lit auditorium of L’Harmattan Congo’s downtown bookshop, a murmur of expectancy ran through an audience composed of students, lecturers, diplomats and …

A high-profile start in Brazzaville The pewter skies of early December did little to dim the optimism at Marien-Ngouabi Paediatric Hospital, where the Ministry of Health and Population inaugurated a …

A new chapter for Congo’s media landscape The marble-lined lobby of the Agence congolaise d’information (ACI) in Brazzaville was uncharacteristically animated earlier this month as Olga Rachelle Mangouandza, director-general of …

A Memorandum that Opened Doors The low hum of conversation in the Goethe-Institut Kamerun auditorium fell silent late in November when three young Congolese were called to the stage. Harmelin …

Brazzaville Workshop Highlights Patient Charter The conference room of the Brazzaville health district headquarters filled early on 27 November, as physicians in white coats shared tables with neighbourhood chiefs and …

UNICEF Certification Boosts Congo Health Ambitions In an achievement that health officials describe as both symbolic and operationally transformative, nineteen Integrated Health Centres—known locally as Csi—have completed the demanding certification …

Pointe-Noire gathering amplifies children’s voices Under an early-summer sun in the coastal city of Pointe-Noire, drums rolled and brightly costumed troupes stepped onto the courtyard stage of Samusocial on 26 …

Brazzaville Workshop Signals Fresh Momentum The leafy riverside of Brazzaville briefly turned into a laboratory of policy innovation on 27 November when senior officials, civil-society actors and development partners convened …