Raised in Lubumbashi, Baloji was sensitised to the colonial history and the postcolonial decline of the once - prosperous mining region of Democratic Republic of Congo. (1-54.com)
He fled acute conflict in Democratic Republic of Congo and found refuge in the capital of Uganda, Kampala. (gse.harvard.edu)
Omnipresent plattenbau housing estates, monumental hochhäuser, cosmic milk bars; the post-war East Germany was rebuilt on concrete foundations to stand for the new modernity and shape the unique and no less controversial urban landscape of German Democratic Republic. (creativeboom.com)