Listen to my appearance on the Manchester Museum podcast where I discuss the situation in the DRC, my life as a refugee, and what museums can do to help refugees and asylum seekers to integrate into society. Jenny Dakosta Van Mputu
In November 2018, we had the pleasure of meeting Jenny Dakosta Van Mputu. At the time, we didn’t know that we would be meeting someone with a story as incredible as his, one that is as inspiring as it is heartrending. Throughout his life, Jenny has been an activist for Read more…
WORLD REFUGEE DAY World Refugee Day celebrates the strength and courage of people who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict or persecution. It is used as an occasion to build empathy and understanding towards refugees and asylum seekers throughout the world and recognise their resilience Read more…
My name is Jenny and I was born in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. I am currently seeking asylum in the UK – a state of limbo I have been in for 14 years. I grew up in a large family, 9 of us in total, Read more…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/drc-president-top-aide-20-year-jail-term-corruption-200620142844387.html Vital Kamerhe, President Tshisekedi’s chief of staff, found guilty of ‘diverting public funds worth 48.8m dollars’. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s high court has found a top presidential aide guilty of embezzling public funds and sentenced him to 20 years in jail. Vital Kamerhe, President Felix Tshisekedi’s 61-year-old chief Read more…
Over the last year, I have been working with Blue Shoes Productions and we have been doing some filming to create a short film representing my life. It is called Congo’s Activist in Exile. This film is the result of hard work, and our thanks go first to God my creator who Read more…
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/belgium-king-leopold-colonial-africa-congo-black-lives-matter-protests-a9565256.html?amp The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa. It has vast reserves of copper, diamond and cobalt ore – one of the most sought after minerals in the world today – as well as being rich in flora and fauna. It is also one of the Read more…
https://youtu.be/-lAxa-Ld320https://youtu.be/cs36SAytfuE?t=175 It had been thrown in the water during a Black Lives Matter protest in Bristol. The statue of slave trader Edward Colston that was torn down by anti-racism protesters has been removed from Bristol Harbour. Bristol City Council shared the video of the statue being lifted from the water Read more…
Dear friends, allow me to present to you my analyses which I have just drawn on which I have drawn a table, on the forms of the arrests of people of two skin colors in the same country, I have just constant these two different ways of treatments , which Read more…
Dear friend, It is inexcusable. The Prime Minister has just hinted that he was unaware that the policies of his own government, which left tens of thousands of families on temporary visas in extreme poverty, refused vital support during the coronavirus crisis. He even went so far as to admit Read more…
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