Lobi means yesterday as well as tomorrow in Lingala. Lobi assembles images that were conceived and shot by the belgolese collectives noix-yo, mungongo ya sika and ôtre k'ôtre during the months that announced the fiftieth anniversary of Congo's independence. Nine different views merge in a quest for a common language to broach the past, conceive the present and imagine the future.—ôtre k'ôtre