Sammy Baloji Mines Congo’s Hidden Histories

By incorporating the colonial archive in his works, Baloji shows how the sinister apparatus of the “civilizing mission” led to the negation and erasure of Congo's past.

Sammy Baloji Mines Congo’s Hidden Histories
Sammy Baloji, "A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes" (2018) (© Framer Framed / Eva Broekema. All images courtesy the artist and Imane Farès, Paris)