Like many middle and upper class children from what, growing up, he knew as Zaire, Munga spent much of his childhood away from home, studying at a boarding school in Belgium. From there he went to art ...

Giuseppe Verdi composed some of the greatest operas ever – La Traviata, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Aida, Otello and many others. But he regarded his finest accomplishment not as a particular opera but ...

Viva Riva! is a Congolese crime thriller and feature-length debut of writer/producer/director Djo Tunda Wa Munga. The film has been a big hit on the festival circuit, having won a number of awards ...

Djo Tunda Wa Munga’s feature debut, the intoxicating action-thriller “Viva Riva!,” premiered at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival with a bang. It has since gone on to play at Berlin and ...