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Kinshasa African Comics Festival: Barly Baruti aims to amplify the voiceless

From Radio Okapi · () French

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  • The seventh African Comics and Other Music Festival will run from Sept. 11 to 13, 2026, at Kinshasa’s Academy of Fine Arts.
  • The program will feature a focus on the work of late Congolese sculptor Alfred Liyolo, a pioneer of bronze art in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Barly Baruti wants Kinshasa’s African Comics and Other Music Festival to give a platform to people whose voices often go unheard.

The seventh edition of the festival, known as SABDAM, will take place from Sept. 11 to 13, 2026, at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa.

The program will also invite visitors into the artistic world of the late Congolese sculptor Alfred Liyolo, remembered as a pioneer of bronze art in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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