In today’s post, we feature the webinar ‘Cobalt Blues: A Conversation on the Politics of Resource Extraction and Education in the DRC,’ authored by the event’s co-sponsor, Canadian Jesuits International (CJI). The webinar features CIHA co-editor Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula. We invite our readers to explore CJI’s insightful commentary and to watch the thought-provoking webinar in its entirety.
The legacy of colonialism, racism, unchecked consumerism, and a rapacious global economic and political system that overlooks ethical and environmental concerns are among the main reasons why mining and the extraction of natural resources is causing untold suffering in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Any analysis of the impact of extractive industries in the DRC must take these into account, said Fr Dr Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula SJ, Director of the Arrupe Center for Research and Training, Lubumbashi, DRC, and Dr. Evelyn Namakula Mayanja, Assistant Professor at Carleton University, Ottawa.
Fr Murhula and Dr Mayanja spoke on this issue at “Cobalt Blues: the politics of extraction and education in the DRC, a hybrid event on March 21 co-organized by Canadian Jesuits International (CJI) and the Arthur V. Mauro Institute for Peace & Justice at St. Paul’s College, Winnipeg.
