Step into the story of Congo’s fight for independence and the forces that shaped its future. Join us for a special screening followed by a live Q&A with Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane, in person and online.
25 Jan | 15:00 CET | Zita, Stockholm
Reserve your spot online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/yc5m9wre| QR code available
Who decides a nation’s future, and in whose interest?
Join us for a special screening of Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, a powerful documentary exploring Congo’s independence, the Cold War, and the forces that shaped its history.
📅 25 Jan | 🕒 15:00 CET | 📍 Zita, Stockholm 🎙 Q&A with Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane, in person + online
Reserve your spot online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/yc5m9wre | QR code image below
Who decides a nation’s future, and in whose interest?
After Congo’s independence in 1960, imperial power did not disappear. It changed form. Under the language of peacekeeping, diplomacy, and international order, Congo became a battleground for Cold War interests, covert interventions, and political violence that shaped the country’s destiny.
Soundtrack to a Coup d’État uncovers these hidden histories, revealing how jazz, culture, and propaganda were mobilised alongside secret political operations. The film asks difficult questions about power, sovereignty, and the role of international institutions in moments of crisis.
Join us for a special screening followed by a live conversation on memory, colonialism, and its lasting consequences.
🗓 25 January | 🕓 15:00 CET | 📍 Zita, Stockholm | 🎥 Screening in person 🎙 Q&A with Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane (In person + online participation)
Honouring Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973), revolutionary leader, thinker, and one of the most principled voices of African liberation, assassinated on this day in 1973.
Cabral taught that true liberation is not only military or political, but cultural and ethical. He believed that victory without political consciousness risks reproducing oppression in new forms. For him, honesty, accountability, and respect for the people were non-negotiable foundations of struggle.
“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories.”
Join us for a special screening of Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, a gripping documentary that uncovers the entanglement of jazz, Cold War politics, and the violent struggle over Congo’s independence.
Held in remembrance of Congo’s fight for sovereignty, this screening honors the nations, movements, and individuals who stood with the Congolese people against colluding colonial and imperial powers. Through archival footage, political speeches, and music, the film reveals how culture—especially jazz—was mobilized as diplomacy and soft power while Congo’s future was being decided behind closed doors.
The screening will be followed by a live conversation with Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane, reflecting on political memory, cultural resistance, and the lasting impact of colonial violence.
🗓 25 January | 🕓 15:00 CET | 📍 Zita, Stockholm 🎙 Q&A with In Koli Jean Bofane | In person + digital participation
In remembrance of Patrice Lumumba, we’re hosting a screening of Soundtrack to a Coup d’État — a film about Congo, Cold War politics, propaganda, and power.
The screening is followed by a live conversation with Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane on memory, political violence, and what colonialism leaves behind.
📍 Zita, Stockholm + digital 🗓 25 January | Time TBA
Did you know? Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first prime minister, was largely self-taught, multilingual, and drew his political clarity from lived experience and journalism.
His unscheduled independence speech on 30 June 1960 defied colonial power, shocking diplomats but inspiring Congolese dignity. He first appealed to the UN to stop Belgian intervention, turning to the USSR only when refused help.
After his assassination, his body was dissolved, his family left in poverty, and his memory deliberately suppressed. Despite this, Lumumba became a global symbol of anti-colonial resistance and a warning that words and courage can outlive violence.
This is the first edition of Congolese Heritage’s Africa End-of-Year Ranking. It is a digital accountability and documentation project tracking power, resistance, and consequences across the continent, while also recognizing and celebrating African individuals, organizations, and initiatives whose impact shaped the year.
This is both a celebration and an accounting.
We celebrate courage, care, creativity, and resistance. We also document harm, hypocrisy, and the systems that made suffering possible. Recognition is not based on popularity or image, but on documented impact. Who protected lives? Who spoke when silence was safer? Who resisted extraction, repression, and erasure?
The rankings draw on African journalism, human rights reporting, and lived experience to examine:
Power without accountability
Resistance without protection
Wars sustained by profit and silence
Culture, care, and courage under pressure
Congolese Heritage hosts this project because Congo’s story is inseparable from Africa’s story, shaped by extraction, repression, resistance, and survival. This platform stands with communities across the continent who refuse erasure.
This is a record of the year as lived from below, not narrated from above. Moral clarity is intentional. Neutrality is not.
On 16 September, we’ll screen the documentary Rwanda – Hidden Image Behind the Surface. To give you a glimpse, here’s an excerpt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z43D...
This short video uncovers the hidden cost of Rwanda’s covert military operations in the Central African Republic—where soldiers die without recognition or acknowledgment.
Why watch before the seminar?
The stories that don’t make headlines are the ones we need to understand most. Join us on 16 September at Solidaritetshuset (Stockholm) or online via Zoom. Image: Mélody Da Fonseca via @ForbiddenStories
📍 Solidaritetshuset, Stockholm Speakers: Michela Wrong & Claude Gatebuke 🗓️ Sept 16 Time: 16:00 - 18:00 CEST 🔗 Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87291050621
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Step into the story of Congo’s fight for independence and the forces that shaped its future. Join us for a special screening followed by a live Q&A with Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane, in person and online.
25 Jan | 15:00 CET | Zita, Stockholm
Reserve your spot online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/yc5m9wre| QR code available
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Who decides a nation’s future, and in whose interest?
Join us for a special screening of Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, a powerful documentary exploring Congo’s independence, the Cold War, and the forces that shaped its history.
📅 25 Jan | 🕒 15:00 CET | 📍 Zita, Stockholm
🎙 Q&A with Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane, in person + online
Reserve your spot online via Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/yc5m9wre | QR code image below
#CongoHistory #InKoliJeanBofane #SoundtrackToACoup #CongoleseHeritage #Congo #PanAfrican #DocumentaryFilm
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Who decides a nation’s future, and in whose interest?
After Congo’s independence in 1960, imperial power did not disappear. It changed form. Under the language of peacekeeping, diplomacy, and international order, Congo became a battleground for Cold War interests, covert interventions, and political violence that shaped the country’s destiny.
Soundtrack to a Coup d’État uncovers these hidden histories, revealing how jazz, culture, and propaganda were mobilised alongside secret political operations. The film asks difficult questions about power, sovereignty, and the role of international institutions in moments of crisis.
Join us for a special screening followed by a live conversation on memory, colonialism, and its lasting consequences.
🗓 25 January | 🕓 15:00 CET | 📍 Zita, Stockholm | 🎥 Screening in person
🎙 Q&A with Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane
(In person + online participation)
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Honouring Amílcar Cabral (1924–1973), revolutionary leader, thinker, and one of the most principled voices of African liberation, assassinated on this day in 1973.
Cabral taught that true liberation is not only military or political, but cultural and ethical. He believed that victory without political consciousness risks reproducing oppression in new forms. For him, honesty, accountability, and respect for the people were non-negotiable foundations of struggle.
“Hide nothing from the masses of our people. Tell no lies. Expose lies whenever they are told. Mask no difficulties, mistakes, failures. Claim no easy victories.”
His words remain a guide for movements today.
#AmilcarCabral #AfricanLiberation #Decolonization #PoliticalConsciousness #CultureIsResistance #PanAfricanism #RevolutionaryThought #GuineaBissau #CapeVerde #HistoryMatters
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Join us for a special screening of Soundtrack to a Coup d’État, a gripping documentary that uncovers the entanglement of jazz, Cold War politics, and the violent struggle over Congo’s independence.
Held in remembrance of Congo’s fight for sovereignty, this screening honors the nations, movements, and individuals who stood with the Congolese people against colluding colonial and imperial powers. Through archival footage, political speeches, and music, the film reveals how culture—especially jazz—was mobilized as diplomacy and soft power while Congo’s future was being decided behind closed doors.
The screening will be followed by a live conversation with Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane, reflecting on political memory, cultural resistance, and the lasting impact of colonial violence.
🗓 25 January | 🕓 15:00 CET | 📍 Zita, Stockholm
🎙 Q&A with In Koli Jean Bofane | In person + digital participation
#SoundtrackToACoupDetat #CongoHistory #PatriceLumumba
#JazzAmbassadors #ColdWarHistory #PoliticalDocumentary
#Decolonization #AfricanHistory #JazzAndPolitics #CongoleseHeritage
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What does a coup sound like?
In remembrance of Patrice Lumumba, we’re hosting a screening of Soundtrack to a Coup d’État — a film about Congo, Cold War politics, propaganda, and power.
The screening is followed by a live conversation with Congolese author In Koli Jean Bofane on memory, political violence, and what colonialism leaves behind.
📍 Zita, Stockholm + digital
🗓 25 January | Time TBA
Whose history is still being silenced?
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Did you know? Patrice Lumumba, Congo’s first prime minister, was largely self-taught, multilingual, and drew his political clarity from lived experience and journalism.
His unscheduled independence speech on 30 June 1960 defied colonial power, shocking diplomats but inspiring Congolese dignity. He first appealed to the UN to stop Belgian intervention, turning to the USSR only when refused help.
After his assassination, his body was dissolved, his family left in poverty, and his memory deliberately suppressed. Despite this, Lumumba became a global symbol of anti-colonial resistance and a warning that words and courage can outlive violence.
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AFRICA: End-of-Year Ranking 2025
This is the first edition of Congolese Heritage’s Africa End-of-Year Ranking. It is a digital accountability and documentation project tracking power, resistance, and consequences across the continent, while also recognizing and celebrating African individuals, organizations, and initiatives whose impact shaped the year.
This is both a celebration and an accounting.
We celebrate courage, care, creativity, and resistance. We also document harm, hypocrisy, and the systems that made suffering possible. Recognition is not based on popularity or image, but on documented impact. Who protected lives? Who spoke when silence was safer? Who resisted extraction, repression, and erasure?
The rankings draw on African journalism, human rights reporting, and lived experience to examine:
Power without accountability
Resistance without protection
Wars sustained by profit and silence
Culture, care, and courage under pressure
Congolese Heritage hosts this project because Congo’s story is inseparable from Africa’s story, shaped by extraction, repression, resistance, and survival. This platform stands with communities across the continent who refuse erasure.
This is a record of the year as lived from below, not narrated from above.
Moral clarity is intentional. Neutrality is not.
For more awards and highlights from the Africa End-of-Year Ranking 2025, visit Congolese Heritage on Instagram (@fromrootswerise) and Facebook (Congolese Heritage).
#congolese #congokinshasa #africanheritage #africanstories #africanimpact #justice #africarising #yearinreview #endofyearrankings #africanleaders #africa2025 #impactawards #impactawards2025 #powerandresistance #africanvoices #africanvoicesinternational #storiesfromafrica
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Sneak Peek – Rwanda Classified
On 16 September, we’ll screen the documentary Rwanda – Hidden Image Behind the Surface.
To give you a glimpse, here’s an excerpt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z43D...
This short video uncovers the hidden cost of Rwanda’s covert military operations in the Central African Republic—where soldiers die without recognition or acknowledgment.
Why watch before the seminar?
The stories that don’t make headlines are the ones we need to understand most.
Join us on 16 September at Solidaritetshuset (Stockholm) or online via Zoom.
Image: Mélody Da Fonseca via @ForbiddenStories
📍 Solidaritetshuset, Stockholm
Speakers: Michela Wrong & Claude Gatebuke
🗓️ Sept 16
Time: 16:00 - 18:00 CEST
🔗 Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87291050621
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