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*EPISODE IN FRENCH* The Royal Museum for Central Africa (AfricaMuseum) has a long history as a colonial institution. This year marks 125 years of existence and 5 years of a new narrative, after being renovated. To highlight this new era, the institution is organising events in 2023 to further question the role of the museum in the past, present and future. In this episode, Salomé Omanga Ysebaert a...

In the third and last part of this episode Yassine and Reine both open up about traumatic experiences with police officers. Yassine explains how being the number one spokesperson on police brutality has affected his private life and what his further aspirations are for his future. Enjoy!

In this second part of episode 5, Yassine and Reine get into detail of why he is so passionate about humanitarian aid, how watching violence on BBC World News and Al Jazeera affected him and why he's suing a police officer after he got pepper sprayed. Enjoy!

Yassine and Reine speak on being raised in poverty, surrounded by drugdealers and dealing with police forces on the daily. In this three-part episode, we go into detail of Yassine’s life and how he went from trenches to law school, the United Nations and being a representative for the community when it comes to police brutality.  Stay tuned for part two and three. Enjoy! 

Eva, Kristof and Reine talk about the intriguing non-fictional book ‘Een Verzwegen Leven’ - ‘A Silenced Life’. A story on the Brussels-based Belgian-Congolese family, Kamanda, healing intergenerational trauma’s and answers to many questions of François Kamanda’s life. It all started with a black and white photo of a mixed Belgian-Congolese couple in 1942 in Brussels, François and Lucienne’s marita...

Hadisa and Reine speak on deviating from the classic life path. How do you become successful after being kicked out of school multiple times? And realising school and 9 to 5's are not your cup of tea. What defines a successful life anyways?  Enjoy a feel-good conversation with a 'wild child' turned into a businessowner, tv-personality, dedicated mom and wife. More info about Estate of Mind Re...

Marleen and Reine get candid about the food industry and how it influences bad health decisions. No mambo jambo about BIO food, but concrete pointers on how to stay healthy in a world where sugar is more easily consumed than water. As a nutritionist, biohacking naturopath, orthomolecular hormone specialist  and the founder of Repeat Health, Marleen is committed to analyse every client’s...

Uwera and Reine have a conversation about her personal experience as a transracial adoptee from Rwanda to Belgium . We analyse and answer several questions that come to mind. Such as: should it be illegal to adopt children internationally? Why aren't adoptees grateful? What to do when young adoptees have an identity crisis and wish they were white? And why aren't adoptive parents legally binded to...

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