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Dalie Dandala sings her first song.

Dalie Dandala interview.

Fredy Mabanza plays an original composition.

Fredy continues his thoughts on life and music in the Congo.

Rap dance in Pointe-Noire.

The Ecole de Peinture Poto-Poto has produced a host of famous artists who have drawn the gaze of the world to land on Congolese art.

Florence Mbilampassi is an artist and "president-adjointe" of the Club des Femmes Artistes Peintres et Sculpteurs.

The members of a choir from Our Lady of the Rosary of Bacongo.

Boko is a district in the Pool Department of south-eastern Republic of the Congo. It has the same name as its capital, the town of Boko.

Reagan Ntoumouatg is a painter in the Poto Poto area of Brazzaville.

Workers in Brazzaville.

The Atlantic Ocean at Pointe-Noire.

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I spent five weeks in the Republic
of the Congo in December 2021 and
January 2022

Dalie Dandala and Fredy Mabanza perform a classical Congolese song.

Three friends in Boko harmonize.

Fredy Mabanza comments on life in the Republic of Congo.

Fredy sings another original composition.

Rap dance in Pointe-Noire.

Kids in Pointe-Noire show me their moves.

A basket maker in Pointe-Noire.

The members of a choir from Our Lady of the Rosary of Bacongo.

A local woman praises the attractions of Boko.

Basket makers near Brazzaville.

Elonga Mboula is a painter in Pointe-Noire.

I met these guys at a restaurant in Brazzaville.

They are called sapeurs or members of the Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes (the Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People). And when they go out, they turn the streets of Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, into a fashion runway. The sapeur style began as one of emulation.

Dalie Dandala and Fredy Mabanza perform a classical Congolese song.

The Congo River separates the Republic of Congo from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Brazzaville and Kinshasa, their respective capitals, lie across from each other.