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This Is Congo received positive reviews from film critics. Cath Clarke of The Guardian rated it 3 stars out of 5, saying it is "a long read about the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo". [4] Clarke also said its potted history will "frustrate experts as superficial". [4]
The culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is extremely varied, reflecting the great diversity and different customs which exist in the country. Congolese culture combines the influence of tradition to the region, but also combines influences from abroad which arrived during the era of colonization and continue to have a strong influence, without destroying the individuality of many ...
The rising, peaking, setting, and absence of the Sun provide the essential pattern for Bakongo religious culture. These "four moments of the sun" equate with the four stages of life: conception, birth, maturity, and death. For the Bakongo, everything transitions through these stages: planets, plants, animals, people, societies, and even ideas.
In the Republic of Congo, public spending on education was lower in 2002-05 than in 1991 [citation needed] public education is theoretically free and mandatory for children under 16, but in practice, parents must face a series of expenses. The net first degree enrollment rate was 44% in 2005, much less than 79% in 1991.
The earliest inhabitants of the region comprising present-day Congo were the Forest peoples whose Stone Age culture was slowly replaced by Bantu tribes. The main Bantu tribe living in the region were the Kongo, also known as Bakongo, who established mostly unstable kingdoms along the mouth, north and south, of the Congo River.
That evidence helped lead to the international outcry that forced King Léopold II to cede control of the Congo Free State to the Belgian state. Situated outside of the governing colonial trinity of state, Catholic church, and companies, Protestant missions did not enjoy the same degree of official confidence as that accorded their Catholic ...
Pages in category "Documentary films about the Democratic Republic of the Congo" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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