podbean
  • Discover
  • Podcast Features

    Your all-in-one podcasting solution.

    Podcast App

    The best podcast player & podcast app.

  • Livestream

    High-performing audio live, without limits.

    Podcast Studio

    Easy-to-use audio recorder app.

  • PodAds

    Dynamic Ad Insertion for podcasts.

  • Premium

    Convert listeners into buyers anywhere, anytime
    with the convenience of Podbean Premium.

    Patron

    The seamless way for fans to support you directly
    from your podcast.

  • Ad Marketplace

    Podcast advertising marketplace for advertisers
    and podcasters to meet.

  •  
  • All Arts Business Comedy Education
  • Fiction Government Health & Fitness History Kids & Family
  • Leisure Music News Religion & Spirituality Science
  • Society & Culture Sports Technology True Crime TV & Film
  • Live
  • Log in
  • Start your podcast for free
  • Home
  • Podcast Features
  • Enterprise
  • Live Stream
  • The Podcast App
  • Discover
  • Pricing
  • Log in
    Sign up free
  • About Us
  • Support

Behind the Scenes at the Museum

Arts:Visual Arts

The Last Colonial Museum

2019-06-07
Download

boat_AF.jpg

The Africa Museum in Brussels reopened at the end of 2018 after a 5 year renovation. Tiffany Jenkins and Fiammetta Rocco, culture correspondent at The Economist,  tour the museum with its Director-General, Guido Gryseels, and assess its attempts to come to terms with a horrific past. 

The Africa Museum (officially called the Royal Museum for Central Africa) grew out of the Brussels International Exposition of 1897. The Colonial Pavilion, located at King Leopold II of Belgium’s estate, formed the basis of the museum. It was intended to celebrate his achievements in what was then the Congo Free State, which he ran as his private estate. In 1909, when Leopold died, the museum was transferred to the Belgian state, and opened a year later as the Museum of Belgian Congo. 

Tiffany, Fiammetta and Guido talk about the museum’s attempt to tell the story of Belgian rule in the Congo, which was unparalleled in its cruelty and mass killing. Under the reign of terror instituted by Leopold, as many as 8 million Africans (perhaps even 10 million, according to Adam Hochschild) lost their lives.

 ► GUESTS   

Fiammetta Rocco’s article on the Africa Museum The Struggle to Tell the Story of Colonialism  Follow her on Twitter @FiammettaRocco

Guido Gryseel’s biography 

The website for Africa Museum  Twitter: @africamuseumbe YouTube: channel 

 ►  FEATURED ARTISTS

Take a look at Freddy Tsimba’s website and see more of his artwork: 

Here, Aimé Mpane talks about his installation Congo: Shadow of the Shadow (2005), on loan to the LACMA from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art. The piece uses the play of light and shadow, to explore the re-shaping of power during the colonial period in Congo

 ►  FURTHER INFORMATION 

Adam Hochschild’s King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa is the book on the exploitation of the Congo Free State by King Leopold II of Belgium between 1885 and 1908, as well as the large-scale atrocities committed during that period.

► MUSIC 

Signature tune: Nick Vander, "Galaxy I" from the album Black Kopal 

1.  "Congo Spirit" (Underscore version) - By Abbas Premjee
Licensed from ShockwaveSound.com
 
2. “Mupepe” from the album Adventures in Afropea
Performed by Zap Mama
Written by Marie Daulne
(p) 1991 Crammed Discs
 
3. Tim Hart
Track 38 - January's Dream Number Five
Album: Royalty-Free Music Large Collection - (100+ Tracks)
 
4. Tim Hart
Track 89 - Velvet Carpet Clouding
Album: Royalty-Free Music Large Collection - (100+ Tracks)
 
5. “Mupepe”
Performed by Zap Mama
Written by Marie Daulne
(p) 1991 Crammed Discs
 
 ► PICTURES AND SOCIAL MEDIA 

Behind the Scenes at the Museum is on Twitter & Instagram: @BehindtheMuseum 

---

Behind the Scenes at the Museum is written and presented by Tiffany Jenkins and produced by Jac Phillimore. 

view more

More Episodes

A Conversation with Sir Peter Bazalgette
2020-02-26
Cancelled! Censorship and self-censorship in the arts
2020-01-23
"I don't like that man. I must get to know him better." New York's Tenement Museum
2019-11-27
How to solve a problem like Titian's Tarquin and Lucretia: rehanging paintings in the age of #MeToo
2019-11-06
Vera Worth's Schiaparelli
2019-07-10
Sackler sponsorship: should art be on the side of the angels?
2019-04-25
Everything you didn't know about the Renaissance Nude, with Jill Burke
2019-04-09
The Maqdala treasures and the Sarr-Savoy report on repatriation
2019-03-22
Introducing...Behind the Scenes at the Museum
2019-03-16
012346789

Get this podcast on your
phone, FREE

Create your
podcast in
minutes

  • Full-featured podcast site
  • Unlimited storage and bandwidth
  • Comprehensive podcast stats
  • Integrate with iTunes and Google
    store
  • Make money with your podcast
Get started

It is Free

  • Podcast Services
    • Podcast Features
    • Pricing
    • Enterprise Solution
    • Private Podcast
    • The Podcast App
    • Live Stream
    • Audio Recorder
  •  
    • Podcast Hosting
    • Create a Podcast
    • Video Podcast
    • Podcast Stats
    • Start Podcasting
    • Switch to Podbean
    • Submit your podcast
  •  
    • Education Podcast
    • Church Podcast
    • Nonprofit Podcast
    • Get Sermons Online
    • Free Audiobooks
    • Start Radio Talk Show
    • How to start a podcast
  • MONETIZATION
    • Premium Podcast
    • Podcast Advertising
    • Patron Program
  • Support
    • Email Us
    • Support Center
    • Free Webinars
    • Developers
    • Podbean Plugins
    • Resources
  • Podbean
    • About Us
    • Affiliate Program
    • Badges
    • Terms of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Podbean Blog

Copyright © 2006-2021 Podbean.com