Ch Didier Gondola: 1 book

Book cover of Tropical Cowboys

Tropical Cowboys

Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa

by Ch. Didier Gondola
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2016

During the 1950s and 60s in the Congo city of Kinshasa, there emerged young urban male gangs known as "Bills" or "Yankees." Modeling themselves on the images of the iconic American cowboy from Hollywood film, the "Bills" sought to negotiate lives lived under oppressive economic, social, and political...
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