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.
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.