Le Progrès (The Progress)

Jean Depara was a Congolese photographer who documented the streets, markets, and social life of Kinshasa during the postwar period and Belgian colonial era. Working with a handheld camera, he captured candid scenes of urban daily life, informal commerce, and street culture with a directness and intimacy that established him as a pivotal witness to Congo's mid-twentieth-century transformation. His archive remains a crucial historical and visual record of Kinshasa's social fabric before independence.

Kibokolo, Angola