Author: Mukenga Nzenza

Brazzaville’s Institut Bana Moyi Turns Into a Forum for Dignity On 10 December, a date resonating worldwide as International Human Rights Day, the curtains fell on the inaugural Human Rights Slam Festival at the Institut Bana Moyi in the Ex-Télé district of Brazzaville. Over three intense evenings, the venue exchanged its customary tranquillity for a vibrant polyphony of voices determined to celebrate, question and ultimately defend the value of the human person. In doing so, the festival positioned the Congolese capital within a wider continental movement that uses spoken-word artistry as a civic tool. Three Days Where Poetry Intersected Policy…