Members of Orchestra Handy Folk International reherse in the Ndjili (N'Djili) area of the capital. They were formed when a group of disabled people decided to create a group and try to make a living f...

Artist Bodo and his sons who are all painters and share the same studio.

Members of the congregation, at the church of Mother Olangi, which has 25,000 people attending its services each Sunday.

Texas Mwimba, former wrestling champion and activist for albino people.

A wrestler performs a drop kick during practice.

A group of 'Sapeurs', the French acronym for the Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes, the Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People, in a bar at night.

A woman dances to the music of the tradi-modern orchestra TG Basokin in the Matonge district 'La porte Rouge'. They are from the Songye ethnic group from Kasï. With the difficulties created by the co...

Budiongo, Benj Kinenga and Ange Swana young artists, painting outside at an artist's community.

Wresters, Six Colours (left) and Nengu Nengu (right), perform a ritual, with fetishes, that they hope will give them the power to win their upcoming contests.

The audience at a meeting, organised by albino wrestler Texas Mwimba, to disscuss the medical and social problems faced by albinos.

Women from the BoBongo Iyaya (Mongo ethnic group, Tomba tribe, migrants from Équateur Province) with red kaolin spread over their bodies to symbolise strength and energy. With the difficulties creat...

Painter and 'Sapeur' (the French acronym for the Societe des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Elegantes) the Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People, Chéri Samba at work in his studio with one of his p...

People watching children, from the Yaka tribe who have migrated to the capital from Bandundu province, performing a traditional ceremony in the neighborhood of Massina, dubbed the 'People's Republic o...

Children, from the Yaka tribe who have migrated to the capital from Bandundu province, performing a traditional ceremony that they have brought with them and seek to keep alive in the capital.

Children, from the Yaka tribe who have migrated to the capital from Bandundu province, performing a traditional ceremony that they have brought with them and seek to keep alive in the capital.