Ota Benga Alliance For Peace, Healing and Dignity

PETITION DE L’INTELLIGENTSIA KONGO A LA SUITE DE LA TUERIE DE FEVRIER ET MARS 2008 DES POPULATIONS DU BAS-CONGO PAR LES FORCES DE POLICE

I. Condoléances

Au nom de tous les intellectuels Kongo et de tous les esprits épris de paix, de justice et de respect de la personne humaine, nous présentons nos condoléances les plus émues aux familles éprouvées et à toute la Communauté Kongo§ Puissent les âmes de tous ceux de nos frères et sœurs, fauchés par la violence barbare et auxquels nous ne saurons jamais offrir des obsèques dignes, reposer en paix auprès de nos ancêtres glorieux et de tous ceux qui ont payé un prix fort pour notre liberté !  read more »

Click these links for issue #3 of Mbongi a Nsi  read more »

The program for the conference can be found at http://vul.edu/events_otabenga.html.  read more »

Recently, the BBC posted a horrific story of the abuse of pygmies in Congo-Brazzaville. It recalls nothing so much as the imprisonment of Ota Benga in the Bronx Zoo, where this photo was taken by the Wildlife Conservation Society in 1906.
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There is a certain awakening going on in our country. This is due to a number of things.  read more »

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Here are a few of the organizations and resources we've found most useful:

On the DR Congo

Karen Fung's DRC links page: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/congok/congoknews.html
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/doc?t=africa&c=congo
International Crisis Group http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=1174&1=1
IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Networks), UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs http://www.irinnews.org/Africa-Country.aspx?Country=CG
Pambazuka News http://www.pambazuka.org/en/  read more »

We invite anyone interested in supporting our mission to join us in our activities, and/or, through your tax-deductible contribution to the Ota Benga Alliance.  read more »

Many of the words on this site take a bit of getting used to. Here's a guide to them. We'd be happy to consider any changes/additions you suggest.

Algebra Project, Bob Moses--The Algebra Project was born of one parent’s concern with his children's mathematics education in the public schools of Cambridge, Massachusetts.  read more »

Mbongi is a word in the Kikongo language which means “learning place.” (In Kiswahili, it is Baraza; in Tswana, Kgotla.) When people come together to resolve community problems in a Congolese village, that problem-solving meeting is an Mbongi. And the issues that they address will be as varied as the care of seniors and orphans, the cost of education, fixing potholes in the road, availability and safety of the local water supply, or matters of national interest. The Mbongi is the place where one looks for and finds solutions to problems.  read more »