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''Congo Tales'' is a photo series book of Congolese from the 
The book was photographed by Pieter Henket, and it was edited by Eva Vonk and Stefanie Plattner of Tales of Us in Berlin. The Congolese mythology in the book was adapted by Congolese philosopher S. R. Kovo N'Sondé and author Wilfried N'Sondé. Congo Tales is the first in a series of productions by Tales of Us.
The project includes a short film directed by Stefanie Plattner based on one of the Congolese myths in the book called ''The Little Fish and the Crocodile''. The third project from Tales of Us is
''Tales@Home'', a free online education program that introduces children to ecological wonderlands -- and the culture of the people who live there -- from around the globe. The first installment -- ''Akesi and the Congo River'' -- is based on ''Congo Tales''.
File:Primage2.jpg, Photograph taken in the Odzala Kokoua National Park by Pieter Henket, and published in the book ''Congo Tales''.
File:PieterHenketCongoTalesImageOne.jpg, Photograph taken in the Odzala Kokoua National Park by Pieter Henket, and published in the book ''Congo Tales''.
Interview with Eva Vonk, Pieter Henket and S.R. Kovo N'Sondé
on ''PBS NewsHour''
Interview with Eva Vonk, Pieter Henket and S.R. Kovo N'Sondé
on National Public Radio
Interview with Eva Vonk and S.R. Kovo N'Sondé
on Public Radio International, The World
Interview with Eva Vonk on Monocle 24 RadioReview of ''Congo Tales''
on My Modern Met
in ''El Pais'' newspaper, Spain
Interview with Eva Vonk and Pieter Henket in Aesthetica Magazine
2019, exhibition, Congo Tales, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands2018, exhibition, Congo Tales, Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany
Tales of Us websiteTales@Home websiteStorming Donkey Productions
2018 non-fiction books Prestel Publishing books
Mbomo District
Mbomo is a district in the Cuvette-Ouest Region
Cuvette-Ouest (or Western Cuvette) is a department of the Republic of the Congo in the western part of the country. Cuvette-Ouest is the least populated department in the country. It borders the ...
acting out their mythologies in the Odzala Kokoua National Park. It was published by Prestel Publishing
Prestel Publishing is an art book publisher, with books on art, architecture, photography, design, fashion, craft, culture, history and ethnography. Lists range from museum guides, to encyclopaedias, art and architecture monographs to facsimile vo ...
(a division of Random House
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) in the United States on November 15, 2018, and in the UK on July 9, 2018 ().
The book was photographed by Pieter Henket, and it was edited by Eva Vonk and Stefanie Plattner of Tales of Us in Berlin. The Congolese mythology in the book was adapted by Congolese philosopher S. R. Kovo N'Sondé and author Wilfried N'Sondé. Congo Tales is the first in a series of productions by Tales of Us.
The project includes a short film directed by Stefanie Plattner based on one of the Congolese myths in the book called ''The Little Fish and the Crocodile''. The third project from Tales of Us is
''Tales@Home'', a free online education program that introduces children to ecological wonderlands -- and the culture of the people who live there -- from around the globe. The first installment -- ''Akesi and the Congo River'' -- is based on ''Congo Tales''.
Tales of Us
Tales Of Us is an ongoing multimedia series that offers a new approach to communicating the urgency of protecting the world's most powerful and fragile ecosystems and the people who call them home. ''Congo Tales'' and ''The Little Fish and the Crocodile'' are its first such projects.''The Little Fish and the Crocodile''
The project includes a short film based on one of the Congolese myths in the book called ''The Little Fish and the Crocodile''. The film was directed by Stefanie Plattner and produced by Eva Vonk. It won at several major film festivals, including Best Live Action Short at the 35th Chicago International Children's Film Festival.Tales@Home
''Tales of Us follow up project is ''Tales@Home'', a free online education program that introduces children to ecological wonderlands -- and the culture of the people who live there -- from around the globe. The first installment -- ''Akesi and the Congo River'' -- is based on ''Congo Tales''.References
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Interview with Eva Vonk, Pieter Henket and S.R. Kovo N'Sondé
on ''PBS NewsHour''
Interview with Eva Vonk, Pieter Henket and S.R. Kovo N'Sondé
on National Public Radio
Interview with Eva Vonk and S.R. Kovo N'Sondé
on Public Radio International, The World
Interview with Eva Vonk on Monocle 24 Radio
on My Modern Met
in ''El Pais'' newspaper, Spain
Interview with Eva Vonk and Pieter Henket in Aesthetica Magazine
Exhibitions
2019, exhibition, Congo Tales, Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, Netherlands
External links
Tales of Us website
2018 non-fiction books Prestel Publishing books