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Project Matatchebo Interview
In this powerful interview, representatives from the Lions Clubs speak on their partnership with the Matatchebo Project , an initiative...

Matatchebo
Jul 271 min read


Footprints, Flames, and Memory: A Painting That Retraces the Loango Slave Route
This painting tells the story of people from Central Africa who passed through the Bay of Loango to be enslaved and the return of their...

Matatchebo
Jul 273 min read


Reclaiming History, Planting Memory: The Roots of the Matatchebo Project
History is not just told, it is lived, remembered, and planted. On the historic shores of Loango Bay , a sacred path once echoed with the...

Matatchebo
Jul 272 min read


Along the Slave Routes
Arsène Francoeur Nganga is a historian, researcher, and one of the foremost experts on the history of the Kingdom of Kongo and the...

Matatchebo
Jul 271 min read


How Mango Trees First Reached Loango: A Colonial History Rooted in Legacy
Before the mango tree became a symbol of remembrance, it was part of a colonial journey. Transported across seas and continents, its...

Matatchebo
Jul 141 min read


The Congo River, Bob Marley’s Legacy, and the Sacred Roots of Remembrance
Bob Marley’s story doesn’t end in Jamaica. Five years after his death, a powerful act of remembrance took place on the banks of the Congo...

Matatchebo
Jul 142 min read


The Forgotten Mango Trees of the Slave Route: A Living Memorial in Crisis
2 million people. 3 sacred paths. And the mango trees that stood watch. Along the western coast of Central Africa, the transatlantic...

Matatchebo
Jul 142 min read
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