Students and faculty bonded over Congolese culture and plantain chips at the last Chai Chat of the semester Tuesday.

Savannah native Janiqwa Nganga was recently initiated as Chief and Queen of the African Diaspora for the Bateke Tribe of the Congo. Nganga sees her new role as a bridge connecting the African diaspora ...

GALESBURG, Ill. — With July 4th just around the corner, people from the Democratic Republic of Congo came together to celebrate in Galesburg. Congo Independence Day is on June 30, but on July 2 people ...

Update: On November 16, 2022, Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi signed the new law on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Indigenous Pygmy Peoples. Four months ago, the Democratic ...

Streaming into Leopoldville last week, the delegates to the Congo’s first Parliament were a strange-looking lot. Some had the sharply pointed heads of a tribe that practices infant skull bandaging.

MANGA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - As world leaders haggle over a plan to fight global warming, tribes in Congo's rainforest have armed themselves with satellite GPS devices in the hope ...

KINSHASA, Congo -- Yongela Bongo hid the secret from her husband for the seven years they were married. But when he finally discovered the truth, he kicked her out on the street -- keeping their six ...

A superstar in Africa, she sang in the language of her tribe and often addressed social concerns, insisting on women’s strength and decrying abuse. By Jon Pareles Tshala Muana, a Congolese singer who ...