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In Lingala, one of the main languages spoken in DR Congo, Masolo means conversation as well as storytelling. Masolo initiates a conversation across histories and cultures, where the artists play – often using collage - with various incongruous elements in order to generate new narratives which tell us another kind of history, one which celebrates the carnivalesque, the hybrid and the marginalized. But as with most things Congolese, always with humour. In Masolo, identity, migration and the shocking legacy of King Léopold are examined and deconstructed by the artists.

Traditional Congolese …