Bronx Documentary Center : Congo in Conversation

A woman wears a traditional hairstyle in the eastern Congolese city of Bukavu in May. © Raissa Rwizibuka Karama / Fondation Carmignac

Hundreds of mourners attend the funeral of Freddy Kambale, an activist with the non-violent youth civil society movement, Lutte Pour Le Changement (LUCHA), who was shot and killed by police during a protest against insecurity in Beni last month. Police violence in Congo is common, according to Human Rights Watch. © Danny Matsongani / Fondation Carmignac

A protesters at a Black Lives Matter rally in Brussels this weekend carries a sign denouncing Belgium's imperial exploitation of what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. As massive gatherings for racial justice gain momentum around the world, activists in Belgium are hoping the global movement may finally shift attitudes toward the colonial legacy of King Leopold II, the monarch whose tyrannical rule over the Congo Free State (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) is blamed for the deaths of between 10-15 million Congolese. © Pamela Tulizo / Fondation Carmignac

Vendors and shoppers at Kituku market on the shores of Lake Kivu in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, April 2, 2020. Many Congolese survive on their daily earnings and cannot afford to follow health advisories on maintaining social distance. © Moses Sawasawa / Fondation Carmignac

Imam Al Haj Hassim Moussa, head of the Haji Wawa mosque in Goma. © Ley Uwera / Fondation Carmignac

Villagers fuel a kiln to make charcoal on a swathe of deforested land on the edge of Virunga National Park just north of the eastern Congolese city of Goma. © Guerchom Ndebo / Fondation Carmignac.

Red Cross burial and mourners attend the burial of an 11-month old girl who died in the town of Rutshuru in North Kivu province during the Ebola outbreak, February 2020. © Finbarr O'Reilly

Local youth set up a roadblock after about 100 heavily armed fighters from the CODECO militia entered the eastern Congolese city of Bunia, September 2020. © Dieudonne Dirole / Fondation Carmignac

With schools closed during Congo's period of confinement, my 13-year-old sister Marie studies at home by the light of a mobile phone during one of the regular power cuts in Goma earlier this week. © Arlette Bashizi / Fondation Carmignac.