Focused on London, this article looks at the ideology and practice of Congolese nationalism in exile, and at the ideas of home, belonging and return connected with this. Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) migrants came to Western Europe escaping violence and economic and political collapse but, for a long time, the imaginative concentration of the diaspora was not on politics, but on a consumer-based version of the good life. This article traces how this changed in the 2000s with the diaspora becoming a focus for violent and racialized forms of nationalism. Tracing this evolution historically, we look at how the practices and ideologies of ‘return’ and ‘home’ have come to express this transformation of exile nationalism.

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莱斯Combattants流亡，返回的-Ideologies和刚果民主共和国的民族主义

本文以伦敦为重点，着眼于流亡中的刚果民族主义的思想和实践，以及与此相关的家庭，归属和回归观念。刚果民主共和国（DRC）移民逃到西欧逃避了暴力以及经济和政治崩溃，但是，长期以来，散居在海外的想象力集中在政治上，而不是在以消费者为基础的美好生活中。本文追溯了这种情况在2000年代的变化，其中散居国外的人们成为暴力和种族化民族主义的焦点。从历史上追溯这种演变，我们看一下“回归”和“家园”的实践和意识形态如何表达流亡民族主义的这种转变。