Congo-born emcee Baloji’s nom de guerre means “sorcerer” in Swahili and Chiluba. His album Kinshasa Succursale has certainly cast a spell over listeners with its blend of live instrumentation and hip hop fire – the old and the new Africa. When we shot these exclusive and intimate performance videos with Congolese fans in Brooklyn his sorcery took us to another time and place — reliving the moment in 1960 when his country won its independence.