The forgotten mine that built the atomic bomb
The Congo’s role in creating the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was kept secret for decades, but the legacy of its involvement is still being felt today. “The word…
Paul Panda Farnana
Paul Panda Farnana was born in Zemba-lez-Moanda, Bas-Congo Province, Congo Free State in 1888. He was the son of Luizi Fernando, a government-appointed chief, and a woman named N'Sengo. A…
Aamer Rahman: CULTURE WAR
After a seven year hiatus, Aamer Rahman returns to the stage for a week of shows in London. The Culture War mixtape is a series of clips from these performances.
Inside mid-century Tropical Modernist architecture | V&A
Welcome to “the Bauhaus in the Tropics”. Developed by British architects in the 1940s, Tropical Modernism is a unique style of mid-century architecture which brought the clean lines of European…
Hapoy lunar new year 2024
2024 is year of the wood dragon, as in, “would draggin’ the US into prolonged conflict in Vietnam by sabotaging the Paris Peace Accords to help elect Richard Nixon be…
Prologue to Ursula K. le Guin
In the 1960s, Ursula K. le Guin represented a changing of the guard in science fiction literature. She was part of a generation of novelists who questioned the colonist mindset…
the inconsistencies of Western standards
The BBCs diplomatic correspondent, James Landale says the West is suffering reputational damage because of it's continuous support for Israel's crimes in Gaza. Speaking to the BBC Landale, pointed that…