Metode pencatatan dalam kerja-kerja agrikultur tidak lain adalah metode yang diwariskan oleh kolonialisme untuk mengontrol sumber daya alam di wilayah jajahan. Kongo menjadi lokasi yang rumit dimana peristiwa penjajahan masih terbaca hingga hari ini, namun tetap memunculkan resistensi melalui kepercayaan lokal terhadap figur pohon.

The method of record-keeping in agricultural work is none other than the method inherited from colonialism to control natural resources in the colonies. Congo is a complex location where the events of colonization are still evident today, yet it continues to inspire resistance through local beliefs in the figure of the tree.

Sammy Baloji (lahir 1978, Lubumbashi, Republik Demokratik Kongo) tinggal dan bekerja di antara Lubumbashi dan Brussels. Sejak 2005, ia telah menjelajahi memori dan sejarah Republik Demokratik Kongo. Karyanya merupakan investigasi berkelanjutan terhadap warisan budaya, arsitektur, dan industri wilayah Katanga, serta mempertanyakan dampak kolonisasi Belgia.

Sammy Baloji (b. 1978, Lubumbashi, DR Congo) lives and works between Lubumbashi and Brussels. Since 2005 he has been exploring the memory and history of the Democratic Republic of Congo. His work is an ongoing investigation into the cultural, architectural and industrial heritage of the Katanga region, as well as questioning the impact of Belgian colonisation.