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Music / Dance Notes #1

A link to some of the great Congolese music of Papa Wemba. Play follow the links. There is one scene in the play where Congolese dance music is played on the radio. If you find something that is particularly good send me a link and we will try and use it either there or in the pre-show






And a little something for Josephine.

Congo Links #2

Geoffrey York of the Globe & Mail has an Africa blog and here are two articles on the Congo.

The first is on home destruction in Goma. The pictures also show different types of dress.

The second is on Congolese Roads and how that affects everything from commerce to governance to military action.

I found this short video on YouTube showing what roads can be like.

Congo Links #1

Status Update, Wardrobe

An article in the Globe and Mail on the status today in the Congo. Of note is the picture of the former rebel leader and the haunting photo that starts the article.

A stunning photo essay by Marcus Bleasdale showing images of the mining, soldiers, survival and non-survivors.

The Rape of a Nation

Medical
http://www.aids-freeworld.org/content/view/132/189/

http://www.conversationsforabetterworld.com/2010/01/rape-epidemic-fuels-fistula-cases-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo/

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Congolese Soldiers 

Congolese Women {some graphic images}

Video File

Mining and Coltan

Congo Life

Two video files by Nicholas Kristoff on the women in the Congo.