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Far from presenting an impasse, it invites us to rethink society, as if to exorcise its demons, allowing the dead to find peace so they haunt us no more. \n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nThe optimism inherent in this process comes out even more clearly in <i>Kolwezi,<\/i> which presents the image of a ghost town and workers who try all they can to reclaim their own wealth, their dreams of comfort and most of all their want for dignity. \n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>Text in English, French, and Dutch. \n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\nAlso available in the <i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i>Africalia<\/i> series: <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accdistribution.com\/uk\/store\/productdatasheet\/9789058563910\">Grassroots Upgraded<\/a><\/i> ISBN 9789058563910 <i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accdistribution.com\/uk\/store\/productdatasheet\/9789058564214\">Calvin Dondo<\/a><\/i> ISBN 9789058564214 <i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accdistribution.com\/uk\/store\/productdatasheet\/9789058564030\">Julius Mwelu<\/a><\/i> ISBN 9789058564030 <i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/div>\n<div><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accdistribution.com\/uk\/store\/productdatasheet\/9789058565174\">Kiripi Katembo<\/a><\/i> ISBN 9789058565174 \n<\/div>\n<div><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.accdistribution.com\/uk\/store\/productdatasheet\/9789058565167\">Teddy Mazina<\/a><\/i> ISBN: 9789058565167<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capstures the relationship between the mining industry in southern Katanga, one of the richest regions in Africa, and the population, documenting the memories, hopes and imagings of these children of the mines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10591,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5485],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10590","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-photography","7":"author-by-author-sammy-baloji","8":"publisher-stichting-kunstboek-bvba","9":"series-africalia-editions","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sammy Baloji - ACC Art Books UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title: Sammy Baloji, Pages: 168 Pages, Publish Date: 4th Mar 2014, Author: Sammy Baloji, ISBN: 9789058563965. 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