Spaas, Lieve

Dr. Lieve Spaas is Research Professor of Arts and Culture at Kingston University. She holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in French and Social Anthropology from Florida State University as well as a M.Litt. in Social Anthropology from the University of Oxford.

How Belgium Colonized the Mind of the Congo

2007 0-7734-5167-6
This book explores the memory, transformations and manifestations of power which have made the Democratic Republic of the Congo such a fascinating and emblematic entity for the contemporary moment. Based on extensive research and journeys across the Congo, the book forms an important contribution to the knowledge of a country that often resists being understood, and intimates itself through images that retain profound mystery. This book contains 28 black and white photographs and 12 color photographs.