'We need to open up the Country': development and the Christian key scenario in the social space of Kinshasa's teleserials | Katrien Pype. Temporalities. Using the serial Caroline and Poupette as a case, I demonstratehow Pentecostalist Christianity meets the genre of the melodrama in the ser-ial’s emphasis on the individual’s spiritual development, and how its repre-sentation of elders sustains a Christian understanding of time. Television in Kinshasa During his reign, Mobutu held the monopoly over national media andused the two national channels for personal propaganda. Around the1990s, the president allowed two channels to enter into the broadcastingpublic space. Congolese media. At the beginning of my fieldwork in 2003,Kinshasa’s population could watch 25 television channels, of which 22were urban-local.
After Laurent Kabila came into power in 1997 not only was politicalleadership changed, but the city’s public space was also transformed. In themeetings in the church compounds, as well as via the mass-mediated pub-lic sphere, an apocalyptic ideology (cf. Salongo salongo ). Top Models and series like Friends Ca va sesavoir.
Scripting Kinshasa's Teleserials - A Companion to Media Authorship - Pype. Of Fools and False Pastors: Tricksters in Kinshasa's Television Fiction | Katrien Pype. Popular troupes. During fieldwork (between 2003 and 2006), the group twicereceived the prize for ‘‘best TV acting group,’’ an award distributed by viewerswho could vote by means of text messaging and e-mail. The leader of the band,the main actress and the actor playing the role of a fool received prizes during thethree subseqent years for best actor, best actress and best kizengi (fool). Thesehonors were distributed by the association of Kinshasa’s TV acting groups(ATITP).
It all means that the group occupies an important position in the city’smedia world. Just like all other TV acting groups in Kinshasa, membership in the Cinarcgroup changes often. Disregarding the characters that an actor embodies, he or she alwayskeeps the same fictive name. Role was always performed by the same boy, even though at times he also got other roles. Role. Kalaonga, The Devouring Fire, The Heritage of Death, The Open Tomb and Apostasy ) which were all filmed and screened between2003 and 2006. Media Celebrity, Charisma and Morality in Post-Mobutu Kinshasa | Katrien Pype. By charismatic Christian renewal, which has not only profoundly changed the religiousbehaviour of urbanites since the early 1990s, but has also influenced the entertainment sector,and in particular the broadcast media. Charismatic leaders became increasingly influential ata moment when the failure of Mobutu’s nationalist project could no longer be concealed.When, in 1996, President Mobutu relaxed government controls over the media, many localindividuals and groups with political and commercial interests, and often with proselytisingagendas, were inspired to create and exploit new media spaces.
Several charismatic leadersestablished their own television and radio stations, and it is through these that theycommunicate with their followers in the hopes of attracting new converts. Litumba ya molimo )between god (Li. Nzambe ) and the Devil (Li.sg. Satana ), and this contributes significantly towhat De Boeck has described as Kinshasa’s ‘apocalyptic’ atmosphere. Celebrity and Power Celetoids 7 See F. Dreaming the Apocalypse. Mimesis and the Pentecostal Imagination in Kinshasa | Katrien Pype. My goal in this article is to explore the interpretation of dreams in Kinshasa’s Pentecostal culture, and to relate it to the more profound semiotic Pentecostal evangelising project. I will demonstrate that the attribution of meaning to... more My goal in this article is to explore the interpretation of dreams in Kinshasa’s Pentecostal culture, and to relate it to the more profound semiotic Pentecostal evangelising project. I will demonstrate that the attribution of meaning to dreams and dream experiences lies at the very heart of the Pentecostal proselytising endeavour.
The dream opens up a fascinating realm of narratives and feelings since it bridges the spheres of the day and the night, the conscious and the unconscious, the visible and the invisible. In the dream, hidden or forbidden knowledge might manifest itself, just as apparitions and visions can be experienced. Download (.pdf) Share Download (.pdf)Paideuma_Dreaming.pdf4.91 MB Loading Preview.