Tintin in the Congo: a Congolese Perspective

Nuala Sawyer, a former staff member, and accomplished photographer, was in the Congo recently. She was in charge of stills for a film that was there on location. When she wasn’t taking photos of the cast, crew, and location, she took the following images, which you can see on her blog. According to Nuala, unlike most Western Europeans and Americans, Tintin in the Congo is embraced by the Congolese. Perhaps perspectives on race are just different in the Congo, or perhaps Tintin is embraced because he is European. What do you think? Oh, and all photographs belong to Nuala Sawyer and are copyrighted as such.