Boma 1880-1920: Colonial Capital City or Cosmopolitan Trading Post?
The presentation was constructed around four themes: visit, capital city, society and violence. Together, they shed light on the complex urban reality in Boma in 1900. Images of buildings and sites and portraits of a variety of inhabitants brought to the fore the tension that characterized Boma at a moment when its role shifted from a cosmopolitan trading post with a long history to the capital city of the Belgian territory in Central Africa.