Hospitality at the heart of a misfortune in eastern of the democratic republic of Congo: A socio-cultural analysis of the film “Olukyo lunene lwingirya nde” by Armstrong

Abstract

The war crisis in North and South Kivu has become a war of aggression waged by foreign peoples who have received the hospitality of the natives. The resurgence of rebellions in the east of the country goes back to the history of the genocide and the way refugees were managed. The aim of this paper was to examine how hospitality at the heart of a misfortune by socially and culturally analysing the film "Olukyo Lunene lwingirya nde" by filmmaker Armstrong. Specifically, the paper introduce the film "Olukyo Lunene lwingirya nde" and its structure, analyze hospitality and its consequences as described in the film "Olukyo Lunene lwingirya nde", hospitality and its consequences in the context of the war crisis in Eastern DRC and create awareness-raising messages for the proper management of hospitality in the DRC. This paper used descriptive search models and collected primary data from a structured interview guide with respondents and a focus group with a group of 6 people who experienced the war crisis in Eastern DRC and viewed the film. This study used secondary data from the analysis of the film. The data was triangulated with the primary data in this paper to achieve the above-mentioned objectives and the recommendations.