Herd of animal puppets treks from Africa to Europe in climate action

'The Herds' begins its journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle

In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals — monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe — stand at attention in a clearing. Their handlers, puppeteers dressed in black, begin to move slowly through the woods, eventually picking up…

Art meets activism in Congo with ‘The Herds’ performance

The Herds project launched in Congo to highlight the climate crisis

Animal puppets trek from Africa to Europe in climate action

KINSHASA - A wildebeest, a gorilla and a giraffe were among the life-size puppets to begin a 20,000-kilometre trek across the globe Wednesday from the DR Congo capital, to raise awareness about migration due to climate change.

Herd of animal puppets treks from Africa to Europe in climate action

A wildebeest, a gorilla and a giraffe were among the life-size puppets to begin a 20,000-kilometre (12,400-mile) trek across the globe Wednesday from the DR Congo capital, to raise awareness about migration due to climate change.

After Kinshasa, where the show The Herds takes place on 9 April 2025 in the botanical garden and the exchanger of Limete before going along the Congo River on 10 April, he will travel to Lagos from 18 to 20 April before joining the Senegalese capital from 25 to 27 April. In each city, new herds of puppets are created with artists on site.

'The Herds' begins its journey from central Africa to the Arctic Circle - The Morning Sun

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — In the Kinshasa Botanical Garden, a troupe of cardboard animals – monkeys, a gorilla, leopards, a giraffe – stand at attention in a clearing. Their handlers, puppeteers dressed in black, begin to move slowly through the woods, eventually picking up speed and breaking out into a run. These were the first steps of “The Herds,” a moving theater performance made up of cardboard puppet animals that flee from the Democratic Repu…