Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa)

February 14, 2024

Watchmakers Have a Love-Hate Relationship With This Metal

Designers are attracted to tantalum’s unusual blue-gray sheen. But then their artisans learn how dense it is and start complaining about broken tools. In 1994, when […]
September 22, 2022

Guns, Gorillas and Netflix: A Belgian Prince in Congo

Emmanuel de Merode is trying to protect Virunga National Park, catching the eye of Hollywood, and its philanthropists, along the way. “Complicated” doesn’t even begin to […]
January 28, 2020

Pop-Up Dinners That Share a Culture, Course by Course

At pop-up restaurants, where chefs temporarily set up shop in a dining room, a barn or even a dorm room, dinner is an improvisation, more jazz […]