The last frontier (De leegte en het woord)
Film seminar, jointly organised by IIAS and the African Studies Centre Leiden. After the screening of this documentary about an African Catholic missionary from Congo in Mongolia, one of the main characters, Gabriel T. Bamana from Congo, will be available to answer questions. Drinks afterwards.
A film seminar organised in cooperation with the African Studies Centre Leiden.
In the sparsely populated Mongolian steppes, wedged between China and Russia, an army of foreign spiritual do-gooders fight for the minds and souls of three million Mongolians. One of them, an African Catholic from the Congo, decides that his missionary work is no longer appropriate in today's world. After 70 years of Socialism, Mongolia is rediscovering its own Shamanist and Buddhist roots and missionaries like him are controversial to say the least.
Q&A
One of the main characters, Gabriel T. Bamana (D.R. Congo), will be present and available for questions after the screening.
The Q&A/discussion (in English) will be moderated by Willem Vogelsang (Deputy Director IIAS).
The documentary was made by Floris-Jan van Luyn in 2011.
Speaker
Programme
15.30-16.30 Screening of the film
16.30-17.00 Q&A
17.00 Drinks
Registration (required)
Please register for this seminar at: h.m.van.der.minne@iias.nl (Ms Heleen van der Minne, IIAS).
