Ota Benga Alliance For Peace, Healing and Dignity

Another poem by Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, director of our sister organization in Kinshasa, the Center for Human Dignity.  read more »

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The following poem was submitted by Honorary Board member Ernest Wamba dia Wamba who lives in Kinshasa, DRC.  read more »

1. Nous sommes dans une situation d’après les élections nationales et provinciales avant les élections locales. Les premières ont eu lieu dans des conditions d’ignorance civique et des textes de base dans la grande population ainsi que de la grande misère des celle-ci. Le choix était affecté par les urgences d’exigences de la survie (tant alimentaire que sécuritaire) humaine.  read more »

From some of our work in the Congo comes a newsletter and discussion of what a Mbongi is. The files are in both jpg and pdf formats, and they're appended below in order of pagination. They're a little large, but for French readers, this is an important document.

English translation coming soon.

LA PARITE HOMME/FEMME, EN RDC, COMME SPECIFICITE DE LA 3EME REPUBLIQUE ?

ERNEST WAMBA DIA WAMBA  read more »

1. La Constitution de la Troisième République consacre la parité homme/femme. Voici ce qu’elle en dit, dans son préambule:
   

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MONSIEUR LE PRESIDENT,

Nous vous écrivons suite au traitement récemment infligé par les organisateurs du Festival Pan Africain de Musique au groupe de pygmées invités à y participer. Nous espérons qu’en lisant cette lettre vous comprendrez les raisons qui nous amènent à vous adresser ainsi, faisant fi des pratiques protocolaires.  read more »

1. “Democratic elections” have taken place, the first ones in about 37 years or so. As a UN diplomat said: ‘not the best ones’. Outsiders claimed them to be fair and free, with only minor cases of fraud. But many Congolese felt that they were manipulated and fraudulent. More precisely: would-be Congolese demos was manipulated to the extent of getting it to accept a somewhat imposed conception of democracy. Less than 1% of the electorate in the referendum on the Constitution had read the text before going to vote for or against it.  read more »

This article by Ernest Wamba dia Wamba originally appeared in Philosophy and Social Action XI (3) 1985, and has been edited for clarity. You can read it below, or click here to download it in PDF format.  read more »

Letter from Ernest Wamba dia Wamba to Pambazuka News, February 22, 2007.

I would like also to communicate to you what has been happening in
the province of Kongo Central (Bas-Congo).  read more »