XIVth Edition

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Malaki ma Kongo

Malaki ma Kongo 2005 was held on august 19-20-21st 2005 in Pointe Noire (…). The theme was “300 years minus one: Kimpa Mvita, her vision of the Kongo space”. The chosen place for the festival was the high school of Mpaka. Continue reading →

XVth edition:

Three-continental MALAKI MA KONGO

Malaki ma Kongo

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XIth edition. Nove  di Bassano del Grappa (VI) – Italy.

African art exposition - Malaki ma Kongo festival in Bassano

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CLOSING of MALAKI MA KONGO “Special Bridge over the Atlantic Ocean”, or

Malaki ma Kongo in the feud of Haitian voodoo

Masengo ma Mbongolo - Haiti 2002

The closing of this edition of the festival “special Bridge over the Atlantic Ocean” was well held in Port Prince in Haiti, in place of Capesterre Belle-Eau in Guadeloupe, as it had been initially programmed. This last minute change caused some trouble… but finally Port au Prince, the capital city of the first Black Independent Republic of the world, confirmed the logic for which: Continue reading →

XIth Edition

The XI edition started in may 2002 in Nove di Bassano (VI, Italy) and ended in Haiti in the following november, passing through Kinshasa (Rep. Dem. Congo) an Brazzaville (Rep. Congo). This made the festival Malaki ma Kongo become a three-continental festival.

Malaki ma Kongo – Italy

Interview of Masengo Ma Mbongolo

Malaki ma Kongo in Bassano, Italy - 2002

Created 12 years ago (1991) Malaki ma Kongo celebrates its 12th annniversary under the theme “Special Bridge over the Atlantic Ocean”.

We meet the founder of the festival , Masengo ma Mbongolo, and ask him: Continue reading →