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Congo Project: The Play in Nyanga

by Kate Sutton-Johnson

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(Photo by Kate Sutton-Johnson | Elder Villager of Nyanga) We piled in the van-taxi the next day and continued on our journey to Nyanga.  In this village, where we would ultimately create a more elaborate version of the play, we had a much more complex group to work with and this added many challenges but [...]

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Congo Project: The Play in Indo

by Kate Sutton-Johnson

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(Photo by Kate Sutton-Johnson | A Market in Pointe Noire, Congo) We left Pointe Noire in heavy traffic, anxious to get beyond an imagined threshold where the choking smell of garbage, burning tires, and car exhaust would cease to exist.  Traveling with Alain, Jean Leopold, and Raoul (all three men, Bantu and physically disabled) and [...]

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Congo Project: Where We Started

by Kate Sutton-Johnson December 16, 2011 Global Connections
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(Photo by Kate Sutton-Johnson | Women Villagers of Sibiti) I’m still reeling a bit from my experience in Africa.  In some ways, it was predictable and neatly wrapped in my Western stereotypes of African culture, art, economics, and politics.  Like a plastic red View Finder, the images clicked, clicked, clicked.  There were dusty bare feet [...]

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