Congo: A journey to the heart of Africa - BBC Africa
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- The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe.
Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country.
In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers, and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future.
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I know all the 54 independent African states have a story to tell including my home Kenya but Congo has the saddest story of all since Leopold's time. When you close your eyes to pray tonight please remember to pray for Mother Africa and her ever ailing heart, the Congo.
my kenya edwin, our great grandparents, drunk an oath not to tell there fight of the liberation from the colonizer........... lost history
That's a beautifully worded message
It must of been bad when that Congolese man said he would of rather been Colonized by the British.
From kenya also,,😢😢😢 sad indeed
@@jezlanejl Biritsh also did very bad to us Indians.
I live in Nairobi, my apartment neighbors freed Congo. ONE DAY a great leader will rise, peace will be found, and this great beautiful country will prosper
@Something Mildly Homophobic lead another country? haha
@Something Mildly Homophobic easier said then done
Of course yes but it will already be late cause all the ressources will have finished
needs great people to do that
Not another dictator, disaster!
It is painful to see how politics and oppression kept this country and almost whole Africa in dire poverty even though they have wealth of natural resources. I see positive changes coming. Best wishes to our African brothers. Let's Go !!!!
If it isn't "oppression" for an excuse it will be something else, as in the US.
@@neilhuff3492 jl
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Africa is not free. The colonial masters still in control of the politics & economy thru puppet governments
I have worked there for a couple of years. It’s a beautiful country. God Bless Congo, God Bless Africa!!!
@margot hilaire Because their countries have been ravaged by decades of western imperialism, famines, civil wars, brutal dictatorships and genocides. Do you really think us Europeans are not to blame (partly) for the current situation many African countries find themselves in?
God Bless Africa ❤️
How is God supposed to bless Africa when most of the Africa practices idolatry, witchcraft and everything that goes against Creator?
@@gianlucafaedda8314 white people are partly to blame. but africa has to take blame as well. Africa has been at war between different groups since the beginning. that is noones fault by theirs. and its been a while. why still live like this in 2022?
@@gianlucafaedda8314 do you think that africa was some sort of paradise before Europeans got there. They were enslaving each other long before Europeans arrived,they were constantly at war with each other,they sacrificed humans and cannibalised people,they were savages before and they're stil savages.
Africa is NOT POOR BUT IS POORLY MANAGED.
@Jean-Ian Simard after all this time you'd think africa would somehow have a good management, but nope
*@Samuel Seabela*
.....and on top of that, sucked dry by a white vampire.....let's see how _you_ get on top of that....
When Lumumba and after that Mubutu (who was stupid enough to refuse to say uncle (just like Sadam)announced to take control of things and see how the Congo's riches should benefit the Congo's population ....mercenaries were send in to create chaos....
It's regular policies for the USA empire and its Nato lapdogs to prop up military regimes and psycho dictators....
that started with the bankrolling of the nazis , a concocted 2nd WW ,after which some came out with flying colors and wouldn't change history even if they could.....
I mean the people are still poor bc of poor management
Samuel Seabela Africa is unimaginable poor, soon there will be anarchy because of warlords and population boom. The military training, uses of weapons, surviving in the desert and jungle are more important things than learning or school, you will see because this is the future.
@Jean-Ian Simard It's not the foreign entities that recruit child soliders to rape, kill and make war on each other.
The interview with Mbutu,s daughter, is simply sad. That level of denial and unaccountability is something that stops these nations from progressing.
She is a 'Princess' after all. She was probably sheltered from all her father was doing. But as an adult she ought to have known. Pathetic.
Because she is rotten like her dad. Actually I’m surprised how she is still alive. . . . Picasso on the wall....
What is the point of interviewing her? Of course she will defend her father.
@@matrchl77 hkj
bandits' minds
I pray for Congo, the heart of Africa and yet the most wounded, whenever I remember what is really happening to Congo I get emotional, a country that I extremely blessed with resources and yet her most of her citizens are suffering. Ooh God I pray that you heal Congo. With a deep love for people of 🇨🇩. ❤ 🇰🇪 . 🙏🏾
I know my country kenya 🇰🇪 has problems but Congo 🇨🇩 history breaks my heart to pieces 💔 😢
Every facet of society has problems but Congo is worse. Starting from the people that live there, they are not human beings. They are bad omen on this earth. Almost everyone is a criminal, except for the elite. It's very sad
Even us here in South Africa we also got problems
Apartheid still running
Blacks are suffocating.....
I don't think you can find an African country, that doesn't have such problems.
@@motshabiletsoko5413 what the hell r u talking about ? black apartheid replaced white - now you've ghettos for whites and gonna take away their lands, just like they did to you. U r not better than those u were suppressed by, in anything .
Africans, let's unite and do the best for ourselves and generations to come.
Impossible.
Africa will never unite.you do not trust each other at all. leaders still just enrich themselves and their buddies.
I AM A CANADIAN AND I SUGGEST YOU KICK OUT ANY FOREIGNERS
WONDERFUL & IDEALISTIC but HOW will you GET EVRY ONE ON the SAME PAGE to UNITEor even TALK without SOME DINGELBERRY saying WHATS IN IT FOR THEMSELVES?
I am an African, but I don‘t see that happening in the future.
When you say all Africans must unite, you sound like an ignorant White American who see whole Africa as one country.
Has anyone call All Asians to united ??? Never.
Has anyone call All Americans to United ??? Never.
This is where I was born and grown, in KISANGANI I was living in makiso walking little bit to chute wagenia, KISANGANI is a lovely, peace and quiet town. People there are loving and serving. It's been 14 years I left and I still want to go back and live there. KISANGANI BOYOMA SINGA MUAMBE
Salute my sister, I have family who live in Brazzaville. I've always embraced my Congolese and their cultures, one of many rich countries in the motherland who will one day rise. 💪🏿💪🏿
Come to my inbox I want to talk to u business
Did you know that you’re the people of the most high? Life began in Congo,the stories you read in the Bible happened in Congo
@@mancube1242all of ya born in Africa are ppl of GOD! But we love our Congolese brothers and sisters! We don’t separate ourselves being over one another! We all belong to God!
My Father worked in Congo in the sixties. He loved it and never really returned back to europe ;-) I hope I will at some time come back to Congo for him
This documentary deserves and Award..this is remarkable show of Congo.Woow!!!...we need Humanity to save this beautiful country...this can make one cry...Congo is beautiful country.
we need black unity and i good government that can't be sold out with western chinkets and will put his congolese black people first
Wealth of a country is not only the natural resources but the human resource as well
They look at it from a "western" perspective. Wealth has nothing to do with materialism.
What I found interesting is there was no mass killing disease, hunger, misery and poverty before the white man sets his foot in Africa.
@@YaoDeYopougon Ohh fuck off with your myths. Did you do research? Or are you just jumping on the "racism feel good" narrative.
Did they live like Teletubbies? Or were the tribes duking it out for every scrap of forest mouse or tuber, while small kingdoms had their politics in-between the green?
@@YaoDeYopougon Okay, so a casual glance through wikipedia of pre-colonial Congo refutes your bullshit. You realise that you're feeding into the narrative that "white" people are somehow more evil than others right? And going as far as absolving all harm after colonialism as not the fault of the current perpetrators, which is really setting a super low bar for black people, like they're poorly trained dogs or something and not full human beings with sentience, a conscience, and mental faculties, somehow forever adrift cause white people were "once there" being evil dicks for rubber and they can't muster original thought to do things differently.
I really think you have a deeply racist mindset and hope you get yourself looked at.
demammoet honestly tho if you look at history whites have a much much higher % of stealing landing land he probably upset because he sees this white guy go and is treated like royalty unlike every citizen
@@demammoet If you say "Black people..... need to grow up and build something" you put a whole group of people into one box and hence are racist. Funny how people that accuse others to be racist are the bigger racists.
May our creator bless Congo. The richest country on earth. Love from Bangladesh🇧🇩
Our creator is God jehovajere not Allah
Maybe there is no creator. And no blessings. And we have to do the best we can by ourselves. You can still have ethics, and virtues, and lead good lives without any religion.
...but who created the creators, man?
@@bw4500 without a creator it’s all just a fantasy in your head
@@Jbarack98 - the creator is the fantasy. This is reality.
God bless Congo from lerato in South Africa 🇿🇦
I am from India and am here in DRC for a short stay of 7 days. This is my first time in Africa. People here are so friendly.
But the corruption is a real problem here... As soon as I landed in Lubumbashi International airport I went for immigration counter.. there was an officer checking my passport and Visa. He was asking for an printout of an Document which I had as a soft copy. But I was not having it. The officer asked me to come closer and asked me like "Give me Money". I started asking why should I give money(with a little louder tone) he started to change the topic. So corrupted.
But other than that I loving my stay here.♥️
Lived and worked in the DRC for several years. Everything is true in this documentary. What you can't feel is the grip of fear and pain that is everywhere. Beauty and agony in the same place at the same time. Haunting.
Have you read 'Katanga 1960-63: Mercenaries, Spies and the African Nation that Waged War on the World'? Fascinating book.
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Like Detroit
because of europeans and greedy Afrikan so called leaders
A proud son of African soil born in Congo. I believe in your bright future
Stop fuse and fighting and unite and build your country snd live as one and share and embrace each others, show the world that you can do it.Then may be the God of your foreparent maybless your country ,so you all can live in peace and harmony.The ruler must stop being greedy ,look after the poor and needy.
What a beautiful country. God bless congo 🇨🇩
Ai.
MAMA AFRICA, I wish you long life.
prosperity, and to rise up together.
AK 47 until they get good leaders they're in trouble
Favor Lord
Amennnn! !
shut the fuck up about mama Africa place is a cease pool and we are walling in our folly . over stupidness
@WalterRamjet HeroOfOurNation Fools projecting Ignorance yet again, America and Ignorance go hand in hand, colonial spawn crawl back under your stone and know your place parasitic underling.
Change is coming, Africa is our motherland and I love you Congo!
yes but black people as got to unite to make and see the positive changes without waiting for a pie to drop from the sky god helps those that helps themselves
I read novel " Heart of Darkness" was written by Joseph Conrad which is about the colonial oppression in Congo and pleased to enjoy the whole episode. Long live Congo! From Bangladesh. 🇧🇩🇧🇩
He took a negative tone toward Conrad which reveals the literary ignorance of this show's producers.
Same..... Heart of darkness 💔
What an intimidating River looks like a lake so big and wide. Great documentary. Africa is beautiful
Stop talking like africa is a country.we are talking here congo only.
@@yahyamahdi5892 Africa is beautiful whether u like or not
My brothers and sisters of Congo just know that I love you all so very much. #Ubantu, #Bantu. ❤🌍
bishtihole1
Once again, over and over, slick leaders of slick nation's, exploit the common citizens of nation's. I am Caucasian, I detest the attacks on Asians, and the plundering of black nation's and peoples. And that Leopold murderer-lesder sure plays the role of an oppressor, to a tee. Humanity is Free?...to choose outright sinfulness. Greed blinds. Lust blinds. Covertness blinds. And I am no saint, no scholar, no attorney, just disappointed on my journey. Peace and Grace to all who don't go out of their way to be cruel, stupidly cruel, shamelessly mean and greedy beyond a normal appetite for foods and land and money. Yours truely, Thomas Tossen Vossen..Thomas The No Doubter.
godbless CONGO.
love from PHILIPPINES
Properly enjoyed this documentary! God be with the people of the Congo
🇿🇦🇧🇩 Congo is beautiful Land Rover of Africa ❤️ A Love From My Bangladesh Comilla Daudkandi Taltoli Village 🇧🇩
We're always with you Africa ❤️
Love from Bangladesh ❤️🇧🇩❤️
Africa is not one country and is not poor place…..we always take care of western countries
Watching from nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵
Wish you good luck congo!!
I am Tunisia 🇹🇳 and Botswana is a good example to me
Africa 🌍 unit
What a truly hauntingly beautiful river.
Love Congo so much from Korea 🇰🇷🇹🇭🇯🇵
Love you to
Its not Congo, but the Democratic Republic of the Congo 😋
I love Korea
Xian, komowo
@@johnsonderuloking7987 can you tell me about lake tele.
If Congo has the right leadership, it could be one of the richest countries in the world. And even help some countries that are struggling.
The "right leadership"? It needs more than that. It needs a cultural shift that values life over power, and equality and love over entitlement and unforgiveness. Leadership alone cannot provide this. The problem is far more hard to tackle than you suggest.
@@jays7318 right leadership can lead this...silly goose. it is all about leadership. Someone has to lead the way whether it is to manage money or ensure equality.
@@hummingbird1016 I stand on it will take much much more than good leadership. Leaders are not magicians
And that the white man leave them alone.
@@OrliandeGray Human corruption has no skin color limitations
Great documentary, Africa is so underrated in terms of history, nature, everything
That's weird, last I heard it was the cradle of the human species. Is that underrated to you?
@@tipi5586 I think you missed the point. The stereotype of Africa is one of war, poverty, disease, etc. They are just pointing out there is more to the continent than that.
@@atejani6994 dumb answer
@@crespoopserc you're ignorant
@@atejani6994 Indeed, it is hearbreaking how this ancient civilization is left behind in terms of education and economy. It's horrendous to learn that many African countries have been ruled by barbaric leaders who subject the people to such atrocities and had to endure such deprivation.
I wish I were to live long enough to see Africa become a first world!!
Watching this with tears in my eyes, why us? why does it have to be Africa the only continent in the world which consumes that which it does not produce and produces that which it does not consume? I weep for this great continent but in the words of Patrice Lumumba, the day will come when history will speak..Africa will write its own history, it will be a story of glory and dignity. To all my brothers and sisters, Alluta Continua.
Please talk to Congo directly, dont involve the whole of africa
Blame the IMF (International Monetary Fund)
A major problem, not only in Congo, but throughout Africa, is the politicians who are corrupted to the core. Most of the development aid the West sends to Africa goes into the pockets of these politicians. As a result, the infrastructure will not develop, there will be no foreign investments etc. It's sad that the ordinary people are suffering from this problem. And getting rid of corruption is very challenging which, unfortunately, doesn't look good for Congo and some other countries in Africa. I hope so much I'm wrong, but I'm afraid I'm not.
@@Marisolita_95 Cant agree more, the few in power live like gods, they party like there is no tomorrow and own the most palatial of homes while the poor cant afford food, access to healthcare and education. I am changing what I can, I am working hard in my own right to try and change the life of my people here in Kenya, I even vied with such a beautiful manifesto and attainable goals but the people have been poisoned by handouts, I could not clinch the seat. I wont give up though, in government or not, I am going to do my best to help because in the words of MLK, one day we are going to stand before the God of history and we shall be judged by our deeds.
@@mukovikiendi You're so right, Sir. I'm half-Venezuelan, born & raised in Maracaibo. I certainly know how corruption works. I wish you and your country all the best. Hopefully, some day things will be better for the people of Africa and corrupted leaders will be thrown in jail.
As an African this documentary almost brought me to tears,my BEAUTIFUL Africa you so wealthy yet so poor from Cape to Cairo God blessed you with wealth, I understand the white man contributed but by now with African Union and Regional Organizations you should be far
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@@margaretofscotland4707 i still ask then why is africa not having ligth if they say this can power the whole africa
Because they have a lot off serial killers that also tell other ppl to kill
its the dictators ya hmar
@@sabaillon9 somali?
I love Africa, our old generation and coconut came from Africa to Sri Lanka.
Long live my brothers and sisters, my Deep love from my heart.
Shape your countries and make the Africa the best in the world!
the hearts of Africa is the people
Who else love the D.R Congo?
I love it a lot!!
Me that's my home.
Me❤️
@@congolaise6046 Thank you +255782265852
I do!
Watching from your neighbouring Zambia 🇿🇲. Sending lots of love to Congo people 🇨🇩
Sending you love as well Zambia and Zaire are same kingdom 🖤🖤🖤
Visited Zambia last year, love your beautiful country and people.
thanks
Watching from India brother 🙏
Very informative flim.
God bless Africa
Thank you BBC for this wonderful documentary.
I grew up not far from beni in the eastern part of Congo,
and I remember teacher telling us that our country is the richest country in the world, we have almost every mineral you can name in the world , my family is not a poor family, but when I was looking how people suffused around us ,I just felt really bad ,
in the future I want to teach my children just to work and hustle, never count on the so called minerals, maybe GOD gave us this land but didn't give us the minerals inside it .
Impressed! I have been to Tanzania, South Africa and Garbon. There are big potential in these beautiful places. God bless Africa!
F . C
M t bon9 .
Saddened by seeing the miserable living .Sending prayers for the prosperity of Congo from South Asia. , from Pakistan❤❤
My dream💕 someday visit Congo and Virunga National Forest. God bless Africa ❤💚 Sending Love from Puerto Rico🌞🌼🌸
congr,,,,
friend
Hopefully
Jennifer rolon Ossadawoddala kumba?
Jenny Rolón
*_You are welcome_*
U also come to Uganda
Love from Texas USA....Love this beautiful continent, hope to visit one day.
Welcome to Africa. ❤🇰🇪
I watched this documentary three years ago and i'm watching it again
Come with me while we go back in time 3 thousand years ago.
I swear this is one on the most inspiring documentaries ever! Such a rich country and so much poverty! Greed was the key factor there. You will rise Africa the youth is getting brighter and wiser day by day. They are the future leaders..
I like the positive outlook but that’s gonna be far from the reality.
Cradle of civilization... Africa must rise like a giant.
Love Africa from India ❤️
GOD BLESS AFRICA STAND UNITED TOGETHER ❤🙏🙌
please look up You Tube Anatomy of a Bribe Al Jazeera investigation
Yes, Africans really need to unite with one another.
What a beautiful country love to visit Congo, In Africa we blessed , time will come for Africa to reawaken
Do you see how green and lush that place looks, my goodness it’s amazing and beautiful
THEY ARE PLUNDERING ITS NATURAL RESOURCES: GOLD, DIAMONDS, COBALT ETC. UNTIL IT IS ALL GONE AND THEY WILL KILL ANYONE WHO LIVES THERE OR GETS IN THEIR WAY. YOU NEED TO SPEAK TO THE LEADERS. CRY OUT TO YOUR LEADERS AND TELL THEM YOU NO LONGER HAVE ACCESS TO THE CONGO. YOU HAVE TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY IMMEDIATELY. NOW YOU HAVE INVITED THE CHINESE AND THEY WILL BE WORSE.
It reminds me of my late father then in the Army ..ln the 60's where the soldiers who crossed the Congo river safely back to thier homeland received a CERTIVICATE ...my late father framed it and its still hanging in our family home ....memories ...and now l am 60 yrs old ...God Bless Congo ...never did l dream or think of marrying an african man .. tribe from yoruba ...destiny ..thru life ...
Hard to believe the Congo is 700+ feet deep in places. Cannot imagine the scary creatures swimming or beside it: very happy to observe from afar...very afar. :-)
We gonna come out of this quarantine with the interesting knowledge.
yes indeed
The Billionare totally in agreement
The African Pleiadian yes man 👨
So it took a virus for you to come here? Why? So that means that after the virus you will forget what you learned and become ignorant again until the next virus. Very sad for you.
mumad usman That part I’ve certainly been aware of indeed !
Come on Congo, push, push,, push for a better future. You can do it.
If we get out of the way with our corporations and our evil greedy humans maybe they can indeed do better.
onesoloving1 shut the fuck up you shit for brains degenerate
It's the corrupt government that makes the country the way it is. As humanity you all in Africa have to fight hard to the bitter end, so the future for the next generation could grow.
@onesoloving1what do you mean it's not in their nature?
I live in New York, born and raised and I thank the Lord he put me here, because I would've been a rebel in that country, probably would die for it. Today, no one throughout the world, should be dealing with hunger, sickness and etc.
Best thing i watched since ages. It brings a deep hole inside me after seeing their condition,hope for their good future btw i learn many things from this video...thank you for presenting reality in front of the world.
Wonderful it teaches the young generation about their country, continent and world. Thank you for showing this documentary this clip can be used to teach history.
I lived in the Congo from 1977-1979. I love the people.
My beloved country and homeland... One day the almighty will justify you! :(
So sad.
Don’t wait for almighty, Who gave the almighty ??? white man my brother think
@@ebubewilson3116 About time you stop blaming the world for your problem, dude. Might have to change a few things aye
Amen
Amen. Amen Amen
Congo the Heart of Africa 🌍 🖤
Love the voice of tis narrator ...wonderfull ....God Bless Africa and all the people there.....
I'm from the diaspora. These videos are encouraging for one simple reason. No matter what we've been through as a people, whether self inflicted or as a result of external pressure, it's clear that we are strong and capable of surviving and persevering under seemingly insurmountable odds. They key is to transition from survival to thriving without repeating historical errors and mirroring the atrocities of our oppressors. The latter is important because I'm convinced that some of us if given the power would do the same or worse to others per HUMAN nature. AFRICA UNITE
Congo has always had great potential.
wise words
Who cares if you are from the diaspora?
@@amathkamara281 lol ok
Nothing is truer than that
Such a beautiful country w/ beautiful people. For years I have had a calling to go there and I have no idea why. Someday I will be there
SAME HERE
Same brother I just found out I have Congo ancestry
It’s could be your ancestral land and time is calling on you to connect .
Jasmine R you should plan and go visit.
lol they shoot each other for no reason. what do you think would happen to an ignorant foreigner?
I LOVE The Princess! Respect from Illinois USA.
After a long time, a documentary which is so refreshing ...
I still cant belive how africa with so much rich resources can be the pooriest place im the world😮
MY AFRICA, I CRY...
My brother
Why cry ? Men and Women like you built all the other continents and you're on youtube crying.
@Samuel Why do you say so ?
@@oama2009 marwa is busy traveling the world asking non black women who they wanna date.
You SHOULD know marwa's story before you judge him.And I know; you aslo can change or contribute something if the story of congo has touched you so stop blaming others when you aslo have ability to change the world
Africa is truly a beautiful place!
In solidarity
Ok I've had enough of the ads I can't watch anymore 😭
Well put together documentary 👏🏾. God bless the Congo, God bless Africa 🙏🏾
Ai.em...
We love of Africa from soomalia 🇸🇴
Waryaa haye
Cant imagine a bigger shit hole
Keep going, Africa!
Love from the Philippines ❤️
thx
Keep going yess! Further into the shithole😂
A country with such potential.
From Wikipedia
Bandar Tun Razak was once a very small town in Kuala Lumpur in the 1970s, previously known as Kampung Konggo (or Congo Village). It was named Kampung Konggo as this area was a settlement for retired Malaysian army personnel who served in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the 1960s under the United Nations. Some veterans still live in their modern houses built during the redevelopment of the area.
I cry when ever i see then land of my my forefathers, as a Congolese brother my Country is the richest.
My beautiful country the mother land the heart of Africa I’am proud to be from this beautiful country
IF you want to stay ignorant and blame only the white man for your miserable life than continue to put your hope on the left that brought you and wants you to stay down. Never learn anything Just be content with the crumbs they dish out to you. #maga #mwga
@@sabaillon9 czcams.com/video/31bC1IIQiPk/video.html
Its a complete shit hole
Yes it is. But that greedy and wicked family called mobutu seseseko needs to apologise to the entire country and stop justifying their wicked father's deeds
Good piece of documentary... I have learnt a great deal from this piece. Kudos, Alastair! Do more such.
👏🏽 Excellent beyond words! Thank you SO much for the painstaking research and videography. I’m blown away by this invaluable effort. I learned tons from it!
I pray that the people of the Congo can and will progress by leaps and bounds. 🇨🇩
Ai...
What an amazing country - It has so much to offer...I pray for its future that it and all its people may prosper!
Ai!!//¡//.¡//...
Congo could have been the capital city of AFRICA and still could be
Donovan Katjimune except Africa isn’t a country
Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣
@sherrie Brussels is called the capital of Europe while Europe is not a country. Putting it in that context, @Donavan is not so wrong.
So heartbreaking
Congo is too scary to even be a place to live.. I wouldn't even stand in the dense forests for a million dollars... Who knows how many spider species alone, could be lurking in those dense land of spider web trees
And the river will never be the same
Belize central america I'm from!! May Jehovah bless mother Africa & the Congo!!✌🙏🌎❤💯🤗
Many forget about King Leopold The Second and what he and his followers did in The Congo
I know they converted forcefully millions of Congo natives into Christianity
Forget the King, what about the present Congo leaders ? The atrocities they are causing to their nation.
ORDINARY PEOPLE forget what he did? Oh then you europeans should forget about worldwar 2 then
It’s exploitation all around and the people pay the price, as always.
@@parth6115 but Leopold the seconds followers cut off Congolese peoples hands genitals and killed them if they didn't bring enough rubber and also who knows if Christianity is real
I remember when my Criminology professor recommended that I wrote my thesis on King Leopold of Belgium. I was shocked that I wasn’t taught about these things before. I guess it is a way to keep some people ignorant and myopic
Masha Zheleznov so who deems what “important to know” and so forth? You’re acting as if the education system provides individuals with the tools to properly analyze and deconstruct the various narratives.
Masha Zheleznov so what about the other aspects of the world? Most of my fellow classmates in Canada aren’t cognizant or knowledgeable of this. Most of them do not even know about the Starlight tours that happen in Canada against the Indigenous People so for you to say that is skewed to say the least. Unless you go out and search for these information you will not if ever see it in the news. Maybe, it is a way to deflect and negate the plights of others or it might be a coping mechanism for those in power 🤷🏽
Masha Zheleznov why isn’t the same due diligence taken and or given when educating people about the exploits of Christopher Columbus? Why is it that people are selective-as to should be taught? Thats the basic premise of my assertion. Why?
Masha Zheleznov I like how optimistic and positive you’re and that in itself is an aspect of privilege which is not offered to a lot of people. As such you can look at the glass as half full whilst many see the latter.
If Africa is to unite one Day, it has to stabilize this beautiful heart...we are not free when our heart hurts this much 😢😢... this documentary has enlightened me and at the same time made me feel very sad... something must and should be done
God gave Africa everything it needs to thrive. It's up to the people to organize and realize it
God help oir neighbor country congo and Congolese people!! Much love from Tanzania.
Butiful Nation.
A country the size of Europe, yet in Africa we have 54 countries. Africa is huge.
Western Europe.
But on a map they make it seem like Africa and Europe are the same size. Wake up.
Not true, though. Europe's size is about 10 mln km², three times smaller than Africa, but comparing its size with Congo? Nope.
The best gift you can give a human being is universal peace and freedom....others will fall in
Very informative film...
I wish for nothing less than great success to Africa..
The people are most amazing, strong and courageous, the land is truly magnificent...
To see people continue to suffer, like so many do , is painful beyond words...😥
Yeah...
Yes very interested 😊
time to rise Congo...
Love From Pakistan . God Bless You
Save your bigotry compliment
Africa is very rich resources &cool weather green place every year but the people are poor
One of the best documentaries i have watched. Great job BBC
The guides in the gorilla sanctuary are incredible. It has to be a labor of love.
Praying for Congo that one day it will be one of the most shining country in Africa. They have enough resources to feed the world 🌎
The first step is to get rid of corruption, or rather politicians who are corrupt to the core. This would be a good start.
@Truth is my sword 🗡️ YT How come it's 'wrong' if I say 'get rid of corruption & politicians who are corrupted to the core'? I got your point, but it's not just that simple. I was born and raised in Maracaibo, Venezuela. So trust me when I say it's incredibly hard to change people's mindset when it comes to corruption. I'd love to hear your suggestions on how to make a change for this issue.
@@Marisolita_95 as a foreign investor in DRC, I feel really sorry for this country. It earned the title of one of the poorest country in the world for good reason.
@@Marisolita_95 🤣🤣🤡🤡 corruption will only end if west stop assassinating good African leaders & replacing them with democratic puppets....all Africa/world problems are caused by white/pink people
@@samanth. You gotta be kidding, right? White people did what you said back in the 1800s. Today you have to go talk to the Chinese, they abuse Black Africa 6-0. By the way, by saying all the problems are the fault of whites, you just prove that you are just another damn racist. Besides, I'm a South - American so skip the bullsht with me with the whites. Oh, how many Nobel Prizes have blacks received?
Love you congo from srilanka
Entire africa is going to join in most trending and developed countries list right from 2050 . Its no more Undeveloped or lagged.!! Its already changed alot and keep changing day to day! 🎉🎉🎉 so enjoy coming days
Stunning and heartbreaking. Very good commentary. Many thanks for this wide-ranging view.
If only all the African countries could unite. Love from 🇰🇪🇰🇪
Unite and get rid of all oppressors
This is a pipe dream people are tribal and always have been, it's human nature
@@KennyG-qh8jc different tribes are religions co-exist in different countries today....so u opening mouth about tribe clearly don't know what u talking about...
@@samanth. Give examples of where they have existed in peace and harmony and for how long. These are few and far between but I'm guessing you are definitely not as informed as you believe you are. I on the other hand can list countless examples of religious and ethnic troubles which are still relevant today in every part of the world.
@@KennyG-qh8jc Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Botswana, Zambia, ghana, Morocco and soo many others......my country has 42 tribes in it & different religions but my people have never fought any civil war since independence.....this is evidence that different tribes & religions can co-exist in Africa....