The Boat - DRC

April 2005
We travel into the heart of DRC along the 1,700 km Congo River. It's a journey that provides a rare insight into a country still struggling for peace.

There's a saying in the DRC: if the river is happy, the country is happy. "The river ensures the unity of the country," explains director Jean Casongo. "It feeds us and it unifies us." But since the war, the river boat industry has collapsed. Now, the government hopes to revitalise it again.

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[codependent864]

3rd world standard audio quality

[Moshid88]

I seen this video in class my freshman yr of college never forgot the story of the river. thank you for posting.

[ROUCATO]

merci bcp pr l cmentaire...

[exm5fe03]

Merci monsieur pour ce documentaire. You are a great journalist, its certainly has been a long time since we've had a Congolese doing such a great documentary, most of the time it has been westerners

[22jan51]

Excellent video. How could posted it with this 29 minutes? Amazing! Congratulations!!!

[dukkhagogogo]

whoa

i was on that river from Bumba to Kisangani in 1990.

things were getting bad bk then

sorry to see n o one has arrested the slide yet

[muyumba1]

there's no where in my post i mentioned that the port was closed i said deserted because of all these unexplainable war, now my brothaz and sisters have no means of survive.

[Barnaulka]

When did the ferry service close down because of the war (what year?)? Any idea?

[Barnaulka]

When did the ferry service actually close down because of war?

[SeanMcHugh02]

Very informative. DRC is the great heart of Africa.