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In our next issue we present a 12 page feature on the street artists of Kinshasa, documented by photographer Kris Annecouke. The resourceful artists use the trash which is inundating their area to make costumes of protest and awareness on social issues like climate change, COVID, Ebola, and the increasing wealth gap. Using flip flops, syringes, water bottles and more, these artists and performers are making important statements with the very items they are affected by.

First slide: photographer @krispannecoucke with Shaka’s ‘Matshozi 6 jours’ or
"6 days of tears", made of bloodstained dolls.

As a child, Shaka Fumu Kabaka was witness to the atrocities that took place during the six-day war between Ugandan and Rwandan forces in his hometown of Kisangani in June 2000.

"It wasn't even our war, but a war between two
foreign armies"The fighting left more than 1,000 dead and many injured in this town in the north of Democratic Republic of Congo.
"I lost loved ones," says Kabaka. @kabakamene

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Slide 2: street performer Arnold Dumbi with his costume made of plastic waste.

Slide 3: Junior Mvunzi -
The young artist with his costume "EBOLA"

Slide 4: Shoes are a strong social marker in DRC. Leather shoes are a clear sign of wealth.
The majority of the population lives below the poverty line. These modest flip-flops are reserved for the poorest. The artist Patrick Kitete collected dozens of them in the streets of Kinshasa to create this gorgon looking monster.

Slide 5: Shaka Fumu Kabaka in his "Covid-19" costume. Sometimes, passers-by give a name to a work of art. When he first walked down the street, the children of Kinshasa shouted at him "corona, corona'.

Slide 6: According to Gires Kanda GK, this world is ruled by ruthless and greedy men who all wear ties. Artists are not taken seriously by these people.

Slide 7: artist Lioyolo with 'Maza Mpasi’.

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