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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Sep 18

Meet the artist Spiritus (Bongonda) — who is part of the Mwano Studio team 🤗 Spiritus has been active in the art scene in Kinshasa for 20+ years. A.o. as a member of Bebson de la Rue's infamous band "Trionyx" (since 2007).
#art #music #performance #contemporaryart #congoleseart
📸 Stephan Gladieu

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Sep 12

Thank you Funken Akademie #chemnitz for a beautifully hosted and curated programme tonight ✨ #creatingspaces #dialogue #art #music #togetherness

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Sep 12

On our way to #chemnitz 🤗 for a performance by Nada Tshibwabwa ✨at Funken Academy in the frame of european cultural capital 2025 🧚‍♀️ @chemnitz.de

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Sep 10

Artist and founder of Mwano Studio, Nada Tshibwabwa, will be performing at Funken Akademie in Chemnitz (GER) this friday as Homme Tshombo 🦾. #capitalofculture #chemnitz #art #performance #coltan #technology #congo #congoleseartist #music #electronic #phone #nature
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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Aug 5

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MIMI MONGO

YouTube video by florentdelatullaye

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Aug 5

Songs we like at Mwano Studio #2: The queen, Mimi Mongo, who left this planet far too soon to join the ancestors www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIQC... #music #congo #drcongo #rdcongo #art

Mimi Mongo Final Interview.

YouTube video by fitzjames

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jul 10

We adopted these little ones because their mom got stolen over night at our neighbour's 🥲 #chicken #mwanostudio #coliving #interspecies If you want to support us, we still have our crowdfunding open: gofund.me/eb1db394 #fundraiser #kinshasa #drcongo #music #art

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 27

Sleeping cat and excessively growing maracuja plant 🌱🐈 Grateful for these two housemates 💜 #mwanostudio #housemates #soulmates #coliving #cobreathing #interspecies #caturday #cats #maracuja #passionfruit #congo #kongo #drcongo #kinshasa #communitywork #sharing #love #friendship #art #music #gift

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 25

💜 Songs we like at Mwano Studio #1 💜 #enjoy #music #heroes #congo #rdc #congolesemusic #kinshasa #piano #raylema #dreams #nganga www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcJn...

Chimères (feat. Fredy Massamba, Jocelyn Mienniel)

YouTube video by Ray Lema - Topic

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 16

Eyes focused, hands steady… Some serious sketching and painting going on at Mwano Studio 💜🌱🌳

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 16

Mwano Studio celebrating #16june #africanchildday ❤️‍🔥 #mural #painting #peinture #kinshasa #drcongo #congoriver #art #music #discussing #nature

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 16

#16june Mwano Studio celebrating in #kinshasa #drcongo. #arts #music #comingtogether #experimenting #recycling #singing #callresponse #learning #mural #mwanostudio

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 10

Mwano Studio designed the cover for the single Enxame by Luise Volkmann and Kiku Dinucci, a German-Colombian Jazz-Punk-Mix. Enjoy the doings of some of our recent collaborators: tinyurl.com/yy92jhhx #concert #berlin #jazz #punk #music #coverart #illustration #contemporary #drcongo #colombia #cologne

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 8

16 June is International Day of the African Child — in commemoration of the Soweto Uprising in 1976, in which Black school children marched for better education in South Africa. Many were killed, even more were injured. Since 1991 the Organisation of African Unity honours this event on 16 of June. ✊

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 8

#Murals for #mwanostudio in progress 👾 Help us get ready for 16 June 💜 gofund.me/ce837e64 💜
#childday #16june #painting #kinshasa #drcongo #kongo #music #congoriver #drawing #community #dialogue #family #neighbourhood #art #contemporaryart #workshops #children #youth #congolesemusic #freecongo #fund

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 7

Homme Tshombo (cellphone man), a figure created by Nada Tshibwabwa, as it appeared in the village of Sao in 2020, as one of the very first arts activities of Mwano Studio youtu.be/ZgicE1QWIxA?... #kinshasa #congo #kongo #art #performance #village #dialogue #workshop #contemporaryart #nadatshibwabwa

Performance Homme Tshombo — Nada Tshibwabwa — Sao Village 2020

YouTube video by Nada Tshibwabwa

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 4

Nada founded Mwano Studio in 2020. Check the website for more info on his practice 🌱 and more info on Mwano Studio here: mwanostudio.cargo.site // Photo by Stephan Gladieu. #performanceart #contemporaryart #congo #artivist #exploitation #cobalt #coltan #freecongo #community #workshops #photography

MwanoStudio

Homepage of Mwano Studio in Kinshasa, D. R. Congo

mwanostudio.cargo.site

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 4

Nada Tshibwabwa is a multi-disciplinary artist from Kinshasa, working in painting, performance art, sculpture and music. His practice deals with the violence inherent in contemporary power relations, addresses environmental issues and sets out to create counter narratives. ➡️ nadatshibwabwa.com
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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 3

Nada Tshibwabwa, founder of Mwano Studio, explaining his artistic practice, including his approach in working with children and the neighbourhood 🌱💭🌍🌀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNYu...
#kinshasa #artist #contemporaryart #performance #sculpture #congo #freecongo #dialogue #drcongo #mask #blacksociality

Interview Nada Tshibwawba for exhibition "Human-Nature"

YouTube video by Nada Tshibwabwa

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · Jun 2

Our Okra plants are growing 🌱🌱 Who can spot the soursop / guanábana tree growing under their leaves, that might provide us with the most delicious fruits in about five years? 🌳💜 #garden #seedlings #food #growing #health #congo #kinshasa #nature #agriculture #sharing #power #green #guanabana #okra

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · May 29

We geared up on our solar panels! Now we can soon record our first musical experiments 💜 Thank you for all the support on our fundraiser! 🔥 Please consider sharing the link: gofund.me/a082a603
#kinshasa #congo #solar #ecology #recycling #music #congolesemusic #africanmusic #workshops #kids #reclaim

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · May 24

Meet Pagero one of the very talented kids in our neighbourhood who have become regulars at Mwano Studio 🔥
#workshops #instruments #art #music #contemporaryart #artivism #recycling #congo #kinshasa #rdcongo #congolesemusic #africanmusic #drums #rhythms #reclaiming #mwanostudio #nadatshibwabwa

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Mwano Studio @mwanostudio.bsky.social · May 14

Instruments in the making 🥁🔥 During the last couple of days we have been collecting and recycling all sorts of objects with the children and artists in the neighbourhood… Now we are putting them together and testing them… Stay tuned! #accoustic #analogue #recycling #music #art #fundraiser #sound

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