The Charles Lemaire Expedition Revisited: Sammy Baloji as a Portraitist of Present Humans in Congo Far West

Sammy Baloji studied at the University of Lubumbashi and the Ecole Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg. He now works as a photographer and video artist in Brussels and Lubumbashi, DRC. His work has been exhibited in the DRC, Mozambique, Morocco, Mali, South Africa, Germany, Belgium, Spain, France, the United States, Canada, Japan, and elsewhere. He won the Prince Claus Award (2008) and the Spiegelprijs (2012). djamal29@yahoo.fr

Maarten Couttenier is a historian and anthropologist at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren (Belgium) and mainly focuses on the history of museums, colonial sciences, social memory, and African history. In 2010 he published a book marking the centenary of the present-day museum building in Tervuren. maarten.couttenier@africamuseum.be