Congolese photographer Sammy Baloji offers a deep dive into the history of the Kongo kingdom starting from the 15th century with his work Missa Luba. The Kingdom included portions of present-day ...

Records of oral history show that during his reign ... the empire had lost virtually all its power. The Kingdom of Kongo ruled from c.1390 in what is now northern Angola. It was led by a powerful ...

Born as Francisco Manicongo in what was then known as the Kingdom of Kongo, Xica Manicongo was captured ... of trans women a sense of belonging to history. “They deserve to appear on television ...