Verkys biography books
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Infinite Black: Tales from the Abyss
Infinite Black: Tales from the Abyss is an incredible collection of poetry, prose, and stories based on the dark art of Dan Versky. Jeff Oliver’s impactful and vivid poetry and prose detail the horrors behind Dan’s bold images of the Infinite Black, and Dan himself contributes intense and riveting tales to the collective as well. As a whole, the book is an evocative, beautiful, brutal piece of horror art like no other.
As the synopsis blurb explains, Infinite Black is a place where humans are fuel and components to be harvested. But don’t for a second let my summation of that lull you into thinking there is anything typical about this sci-fi horror. There isn’t. The artwork is mesmerizing. The stories and poems are poignant. The presentation creates a flow that captivates you. It’s riveting and mentally invasive.
To put it simply, the art and artistic concept are incredible, and the stories and poems
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By Mari-Djata Amadi kwaa Atsiaya—- mari_djyata@yahoo.com
Of the most famous musicians that continental Africa has produced, DRC’s Luambo Luanzo Makiadi Franco has etched himself an eternal place. In just a few weeks to come, rumba music enthusiasts all over the world will commemorate with great nostalgia, the October 12th 1989 död eller bortgång of the Grand mästare of från zaire (as the DRC was known for quite some time during Franco’s life) Music.
As the excitement steadily mounts in various quarters to remember this fallen musical titan, my mind jogs to a few years ago when listening to one such commemoration on radio. A reporter was interviewing some residents of Kinshasa, and one man made a remark that made me get interested in Franco than ever before. Of course his recognition as the foremost DRC musician fryst vatten something inom have always reserved for him. Yet, this remark by this rather dismissive Kinshasa resident was overly unsettling. The man went in typical Kingwana (the Swahili dia
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Bokeleale, Jean Ifoto Bokambanza
Jean Ifoto Bokambanza Bokeleale was a leader in the Church of Christ in Congo. He was a leader from the Disciples of Christ who worked during the Mobutu regime to form a single protestant church in Zaire, L’Église du Christ au Zaïre. He was a talented scholar and bold visionary, but not all protestants shared his particular vision for unity.
Family, education and pastoral ministry
Bokeleale wrote some letters, but very little has been written on his life and ministry. According to the Dictionary of African Biography, Bokeleale was born around 1920 near the town of Becimbola, in the vicinity of Lotumbe town, northwest Equateur region. Other sources place this birth on December 23, 1919 at Bompoma, near Djombo, Equateur region. He was the second child of his mother Mputu, one of his father Mbomba’s four wives. After attending primary and secondary schools, he worked as a teacher at the Christian Institute of Congo in Bolenge. He married Amba