Colonial Extractivism and Epistemic Geologies in the Congo - THE FUNAMBULIST MAGAZINE

Whether for its rubber, its copper, its uranium, its coltan, or its lithium, the Congo has seen and continues to see its earth continuously looted by European colonial powers. For the last 16 years…

Whether for its rubber, its copper, its uranium, its coltan, or its lithium, the Congo has seen and continues to see its earth continuously looted by European colonial powers. For the last 16 years, Sammy Baloji has been dedicating his artistic practice to the literal and historic stratas his research has led him to excavate. Caroline Honorien and Léopold Lambert talked with him about what decolonization would signify in this context. Untitled #6 from the series Mémoire by Sammy Baloji (2006). Courtesy of the artist and Imane Farès. Léopold Lambert: Could you talk about your relationship…

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