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Stories Set in Kinshasa
Kinshasa stretches along the south bank of the Congo River, facing Brazzaville across the water. Renamed from Leopoldville under Mobutu's rule from 1965 to 1997, it became known for rumba bands, street markets and the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle boxing match. When We Were Kings recalls that fight, while Félicité follows a singer in its bars. Open Kinshasa on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 4 books and 6 movies set in Kinshasa.
When We Were Kings
It's 1974. Muhammad Ali is 32 and thought by many to be past his prime. George Foreman is ten years younger and the heavyweight champion of the world. Promoter Don King wants to make a name for himself and offers both…
Félicité
Félicité a strong and proud woman sings in bars in Kinshasa. She drifts away from reality when her 14-year-old son gets into an accident. In electric Kinshasa she wanders in a world of music & dreams... until love…
Soul Power
Soul Power is a 2008 documentary film about the Zaire 74 music festival in Kinshasa which accompanied the Rumble in the Jungle heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in October…
Benda Bilili!
Ricky has a dream: to make Staff Benda Bilili the best band in Congo Kinshasa. Roger a street child more than ever wants to join these stars of the ghetto who get around in customized tricycles. Together they must avoid…
The Fight
In 1974 in Kinshasa, Zaïre, two African American boxers were paid five million dollars apiece to fight each other. One was Muhammad Ali, the aging but irrepressible “professor of boxing.” The other was George Foreman,…
Ima
The French romance follows musician Dadju and his love story with the hypnotizing Ima. Dadju returns to his home city Kinshasa to perform in a concert. Laetitia is a big fan but after she finds out that Dadju's concert…
Die Enden der Welt
Auf fünf Erdteilen war Roger Willemsen unterwegs, um seine ganz persönlichen Enden der Welt zu finden. Manchmal waren es die großen geographischen: das Kap von Südafrika, Patagonien, der Himalaja, die Südseeinseln von…
Child Witch Kinshasa
Congolese street kid seeks home. Foreign journalist wants to help. The devil is in the detail. A tale of travel, love and loss, Mike Ormsby's first novel is published in two volumes - 'Child Witch Kinshasa' and 'Child…
Congolese wiskunde
Célio Matemona (bijgenaamd Célio Mathématik) groeit op in armoede, maar droomt van een toekomst als wiskundige. Het kostbaarste bezit van deze wees is een oud schoolboek van zijn vader, die gedood werd tijdens een…
Omen
Between Brussels Kinshasa and Lubumbashi Augure borrows from magic realism to paint a portrait of “undesirables” and “sorcerers” through the intertwined stories of protagonists of different genders and generations…
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