<p>In this episode, we will be careening down hills with Theodore Trefon, an expert in environmental governance and development in DRC, as he recounts stories about the chukudu, giant wooden scooters that have been crucial to the development of the city of Goma in DRC. Episode 8 from the series “Talking Objects”.</p>

In this episode, we will be careening down hills with Theodore Trefon, an expert in environmental governance and development in DRC, as he recounts stories about the chukudu, giant wooden scooters that have been crucial to the development of the city of Goma in DRC. Episode 8 from the series “Talking Objects”.

Goma’s “mystical beast of burden”

Podcast channel of the AfricaMuseum, a museum and research institute in Tervuren, Belgium.
Discover the work of its scientists, who work in a range of disciplines to investigate past and modern-day African societies and natural environments, with a focus on Central Africa.
Podcasts in English, French and Dutch.

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Podcast channel of the AfricaMuseum, a museum and research institute in Tervuren, Belgium. Discover the work of its scientists, who work in a range of disciplines to investigate past and modern-day African societies and natural environments, with a focus on Central Africa. Podcasts in English, French and Dutch.

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