Main entry:

Boeck, Filip de.

Title & Author:

Kinshasa : tales of the invisible city ; [as a sequel to the exhibition "Kinshasa, the imaginary city"; this project was commissioned by the Ministry of the Flemish Community for the Venice Architecture Biennial held from 9 September throught 7 November 2004] / by Filip De Boeck & Marie-Francoise Plissart.

Publication:

Ghent : Ludion : Tervuren : Royal Museum for Central Africa, 2004.

Description:

285 p. : col. photos ; 25 cm.

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (271-277) and indexes.
Preface : reflecting on reflection through photography and text -- Kinshasa : tales of the invisible city and the second world, an introduction -- Invisible cities I : the 'Giant of Kinshasa', the story of conversion -- Beyond the grave : memory, time, apocalypse and death in Kinshasa -- Invisible cities II : Omba Shako, the story of a street kid -- The second world : children, the street and the occult in Kinshasa -- Invisible cities III : Mado, the story of a female diamond smuggler -- The possibilities of the (im)possible.

ISBN:

9055445282 (pbk.)
9789055445288

Subject:

Cities and towns Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa.
Villes Congo (République démocratique) Kinshasa.
Cities and towns
Social conditions
Kinshasa (Congo, Democratic Republic) Social conditions.
Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa
Cities Congo (Democratic Republic) Kinshasa.

Form/genre:

Exhibition Publications.
Illustrated works

Added entries:

Plissart, Marie-Francoise.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 239031
Call No.: HT148.C75 B6 2004
Status: Available