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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Комментарии : 6 тыс.

@siredwin8153 4 года назад

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.

@cyrusbosire3437 4 года назад

my kenya edwin, our great grandparents, drunk an oath not to tell there fight of the liberation from the colonizer........... lost history

@Deminutuv 4 года назад

That's a beautifully worded message

@jezlanejl 4 года назад

It must of been bad when that Congolese man said he would of rather been Colonized by the British.

@jaymwass4430 4 года назад

From kenya also,,😢😢😢 sad indeed

@FFSVI 3 года назад

@@jezlanejl Biritsh also did very bad to us Indians.

@sasea2113 5 лет назад

Africa is NOT POOR BUT IS POORLY MANAGED.

@oshurus9137 5 лет назад

@Jean-Ian Simard after all this time you'd think africa would somehow have a good management, but nope

@PAULLONDEN 5 лет назад

*@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.....

@BrendaRodriguez-lv7li 5 лет назад

I mean the people are still poor bc of poor management

@furiosa8304 5 лет назад

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.

@xxxxxx-br6ix 5 лет назад

@Jean-Ian Simard It's not the foreign entities that recruit child soliders to rape, kill and make war on each other.

@vijaybhatt6835 2 года назад

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 !!!!

@neilhuff3492 2 года назад

If it isn't "oppression" for an excuse it will be something else, as in the US.

@martinkasavuli8275 2 года назад

@@neilhuff3492 jl

@shahjahanmohammed270 2 года назад

❞

@shahjahanmohammed270 2 года назад

😅

@michaelcorleone1861 2 года назад

Africa is not free. The colonial masters still in control of the politics & economy thru puppet governments

@dhavaljotangiya4930 2 года назад

I have worked there for a couple of years. It’s a beautiful country. God Bless Congo, God Bless Africa!!!

@gianlucafaedda8314 2 года назад

@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?

@elizaisabellle 2 года назад

God Bless Africa ❤️

@IdaIda-ur8vx Год назад

How is God supposed to bless Africa when most of the Africa practices idolatry, witchcraft and everything that goes against Creator?

@wwinnar2831 Год назад

@@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?

@makeasylumsgreatagain864 Год назад

@@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.

@mzamosokhela8876 4 года назад

Africans, let's unite and do the best for ourselves and generations to come.

@markwatts2532 4 года назад

Impossible.

@graduke1 4 года назад

Africa will never unite.you do not trust each other at all. leaders still just enrich themselves and their buddies.

@samwisegamgee289 4 года назад

I AM A CANADIAN AND I SUGGEST YOU KICK OUT ANY FOREIGNERS

@cheritabarbuto8851 4 года назад

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?

@merrick6484 4 года назад

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.

@johnmohblaxta 4 года назад

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

@johnmohblaxta 3 года назад

@Something Mildly Homophobic lead another country? haha

@SumthomShii 3 года назад

@Something Mildly Homophobic easier said then done

@footfundivertissement8633 3 года назад

Of course yes but it will already be late cause all the ressources will have finished

@MemeBay1 3 года назад

needs great people to do that

@catman8670 3 года назад

Not another dictator, disaster!

@princessagy1552 2 года назад

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 🇨🇩. ❤ 🇰🇪 . 🙏🏾

@favouredblessed2631 2 года назад

I know my country kenya 🇰🇪 has problems but Congo 🇨🇩 history breaks my heart to pieces 💔 😢

@malesumwelwa Год назад

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

@motshabiletsoko5413 Год назад

Even us here in South Africa we also got problems Apartheid still running Blacks are suffocating.....

@ediccartman7252 Год назад

I don't think you can find an African country, that doesn't have such problems.

@ediccartman7252 Год назад

@@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 .

@maccoleman5531 5 лет назад

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.

@iratepirate3896 4 года назад

Have you read 'Katanga 1960-63: Mercenaries, Spies and the African Nation that Waged War on the World'? Fascinating book.

@leandroleandro4433 2 года назад

💯 %

@ugenegareth9339 2 года назад

'' 2 Esdras 2: 31- 100 ;

@ricksanchez1323 2 года назад

Like Detroit

@RebelMinded Год назад

because of europeans and greedy Afrikan so called leaders

@AK-mw5zp 5 лет назад

MAMA AFRICA, I wish you long life. prosperity, and to rise up together.

@robertbalibrera2583 5 лет назад

AK 47 until they get good leaders they're in trouble

@KandyKidraver15 4 года назад

Favor Lord

@KushQueen9 4 года назад

Amennnn! !

@geeaiye 4 года назад

shut the fuck up about mama Africa place is a cease pool and we are walling in our folly . over stupidness

@thefactisfactis 4 года назад

@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.

@tanvirzaman856 2 года назад

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. 🇧🇩🇧🇩

@judjudersawn2596 2 года назад

He took a negative tone toward Conrad which reveals the literary ignorance of this show's producers.

@humanity9158 2 года назад

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.

@black50736 4 месяца назад

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

@Freedomisjesus294 3 года назад

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

@godshelter211 3 года назад

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. 💪🏿💪🏿

@clevermamboo5756 3 года назад

Come to my inbox I want to talk to u business

@mancube1242 2 года назад

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

@Debtanz49 Месяц назад

@@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!

@jamirahamed6023 5 лет назад

May our creator bless Congo. The richest country on earth. Love from Bangladesh🇧🇩

@MohimanReang-hz4zv 5 лет назад

Our creator is God jehovajere not Allah

@bw4500 5 лет назад

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.

@More-than-ladyboys 5 лет назад

...but who created the creators, man?

@Jbarack98 3 года назад

@@bw4500 without a creator it’s all just a fantasy in your head

@bw4500 3 года назад

@@Jbarack98 - the creator is the fantasy. This is reality.

@40watt_club 2 года назад

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

@saadiajabeen1639 Год назад

Saddened by seeing the miserable living .Sending prayers for the prosperity of Congo from South Asia. , from Pakistan❤❤

@rafaelmoreno9597 4 года назад

The interview with Mbutu,s daughter, is simply sad. That level of denial and unaccountability is something that stops these nations from progressing.

@matrchl77 4 года назад

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.

@meme-bz6iw 4 года назад

Because she is rotten like her dad. Actually I’m surprised how she is still alive. . . . Picasso on the wall....

@matzmn 4 года назад

What is the point of interviewing her? Of course she will defend her father.

@asifulhasan9634 4 года назад

@@matrchl77 hkj

@fidziek 4 года назад

bandits' minds

@dicksonk1769 5 лет назад

Wealth of a country is not only the natural resources but the human resource as well

@YaoDeYopougon 4 года назад

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.

@demammoet 4 года назад

@@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?

@demammoet 4 года назад

@@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.

@gsjourney3054 4 года назад

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

@Selbstdenkender 4 года назад

@@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.

@praveenkumar.v6632 2 года назад

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.♥️

@westwild75 11 месяцев назад

I am Tunisia 🇹🇳 and Botswana is a good example to me Africa 🌍 unit

@simonmutombo9490 4 года назад

A proud son of African soil born in Congo. I believe in your bright future

@jamaicanrose21 3 года назад

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.

@patrickjohnson2994 3 года назад

Change is coming, Africa is our motherland and I love you Congo!

@black50736 4 месяца назад

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

@zakariakaroo4623 Год назад

What a beautiful country. God bless congo 🇨🇩

@mohdfahmi8841 9 месяцев назад

Ai.

@leratoseretsi5603 Год назад

God bless Congo from lerato in South Africa 🇿🇦

@roderickmitchell2125 4 года назад

My brothers and sisters of Congo just know that I love you all so very much. #Ubantu, #Bantu. ❤🌍

@nikkgamatorn237 3 года назад

bishtihole1

@thomasvossen2648 3 года назад

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.

@mukovikiendi 3 года назад

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.

@c.matiyas7837 2 года назад

Please talk to Congo directly, dont involve the whole of africa

@kae9500 2 года назад

Blame the IMF (International Monetary Fund)

@Marisolita_95 2 года назад

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.

@mukovikiendi 2 года назад

@@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.

@Marisolita_95 2 года назад

@@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.

@thanoscube8573 Год назад

I wish I were to live long enough to see Africa become a first world!!

@jennyrolon4379 5 лет назад

My dream💕 someday visit Congo and Virunga National Forest. God bless Africa ❤💚 Sending Love from Puerto Rico🌞🌼🌸

@arjunrockpaswan5274 5 лет назад

congr,,,, friend

@ll-wd3ms 4 года назад

Hopefully

@neoliberalerneandertaler9347 4 года назад

Jennifer rolon Ossadawoddala kumba?

@ben_kas 4 года назад

Jenny Rolón *_You are welcome_*

@ainedenis3041 4 года назад

U also come to Uganda

@onasiszm66 3 года назад

Watching from your neighbouring Zambia 🇿🇲. Sending lots of love to Congo people 🇨🇩

@miss-africaz984 3 года назад

Sending you love as well Zambia and Zaire are same kingdom 🖤🖤🖤

@krissy278 3 года назад

Visited Zambia last year, love your beautiful country and people.

@psgroblox4863 3 года назад

thanks

@AnilSingh-nm9uv 3 года назад

Watching from India brother 🙏

@killion9406 2 года назад

What an intimidating River looks like a lake so big and wide. Great documentary. Africa is beautiful

@yahyamahdi5892 2 года назад

Stop talking like africa is a country.we are talking here congo only.

@samanth. Год назад

@@yahyamahdi5892 Africa is beautiful whether u like or not

@mechailreydon3784 2 года назад

Properly enjoyed this documentary! God be with the people of the Congo

@inaripapay2686 5 лет назад

Love Congo so much from Korea 🇰🇷🇹🇭🇯🇵

@johnsonderuloking7987 5 лет назад

Love you to

@martymcfly5423 4 года назад

Its not Congo, but the Democratic Republic of the Congo 😋

@bhupinderbhankhar7913 4 года назад

I love Korea

@AliHassan-rt8eg 4 года назад

Xian, komowo

@aurobindosarkar2017 4 года назад

@@johnsonderuloking7987 can you tell me about lake tele.

@mphoneluvhola3059 4 года назад

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

@margaretofscotland4707 3 года назад

💞

@jpklinofficial2756 3 года назад

@@margaretofscotland4707 i still ask then why is africa not having ligth if they say this can power the whole africa

@shawnwalls7116 2 года назад

Because they have a lot off serial killers that also tell other ppl to kill

@sabaillon9 2 года назад

its the dictators ya hmar

@Isaalicious 2 года назад

@@sabaillon9 somali?

@balayethossainjoy1345 2 года назад

🇿🇦🇧🇩 Congo is beautiful Land Rover of Africa ❤️ A Love From My Bangladesh Comilla Daudkandi Taltoli Village 🇧🇩

@egor.kuznetsov 2 года назад

Great documentary, Africa is so underrated in terms of history, nature, everything

@tipi5586 Год назад

That's weird, last I heard it was the cradle of the human species. Is that underrated to you?

@atejani6994 Год назад

@@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.

@crespoopserc Год назад

@@atejani6994 dumb answer

@atejani6994 Год назад

@@crespoopserc you're ignorant

@franzsela3891 Год назад

@@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.

@thecomenterthecomenter5569 5 лет назад

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.

@jays7318 4 года назад

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.

@hummingbird1016 4 года назад

@@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.

@jays7318 4 года назад

@@hummingbird1016 I stand on it will take much much more than good leadership. Leaders are not magicians

@OrliandeGray 4 года назад

And that the white man leave them alone.

@jays7318 4 года назад

@@OrliandeGray Human corruption has no skin color limitations

@hridoy5767 3 года назад

We're always with you Africa ❤️ Love from Bangladesh ❤️🇧🇩❤️

@bistv4773 3 месяца назад

Africa is not one country and is not poor place…..we always take care of western countries

@inubabright77 Год назад

the hearts of Africa is the people

@noobna9291 3 месяца назад

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!

@tbytv878 5 лет назад

Who else love the D.R Congo?

@nicodorable 5 лет назад

I love it a lot!!

@kizafezor9329 5 лет назад

Me that's my home.

@congolaise6046 5 лет назад

Me❤️

@tbytv878 5 лет назад

@@congolaise6046 Thank you +255782265852

@tereless 5 лет назад

I do!

@junliu7026 Год назад

Impressed! I have been to Tanzania, South Africa and Garbon. There are big potential in these beautiful places. God bless Africa!

@monashjyotigogoi4441 Год назад

F . C M t bon9 .

@user-ku2kd8md9y 7 месяцев назад

Very informative flim. God bless Africa

@clemuskimoroseman9752 3 года назад

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..

@Jbarack98 3 года назад

I like the positive outlook but that’s gonna be far from the reality.

@VikramSingh-vg7gv 2 года назад

Cradle of civilization... Africa must rise like a giant. Love Africa from India ❤️

@devintaylor8702 2 года назад

GOD BLESS AFRICA STAND UNITED TOGETHER ❤🙏🙌

@cosmopessoa1556 2 года назад

please look up You Tube Anatomy of a Bribe Al Jazeera investigation

@didsthecat1503 2 года назад

Yes, Africans really need to unite with one another.

@ReshmaSapkota 4 года назад

Watching from nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵 Wish you good luck congo!!

@LividEagle День назад

Those fishermen are incredibly strong man true hardened people.may god bless the Congo!

@rahulraghu4928 Год назад

What a truly hauntingly beautiful river.

@wonderjohntalimongan9317 4 года назад

godbless CONGO. love from PHILIPPINES

@iammarwa 4 года назад

MY AFRICA, I CRY...

@orjiakorsterling 4 года назад

My brother

@oama2009 3 года назад

Why cry ? Men and Women like you built all the other continents and you're on youtube crying.

@oama2009 3 года назад

@Samuel Why do you say so ?

@briopalumpus8676 3 года назад

@@oama2009 marwa is busy traveling the world asking non black women who they wanna date.

@pacifiquetumu9368 3 года назад

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

@stepstep865 2 года назад

Love the voice of tis narrator ...wonderfull ....God Bless Africa and all the people there.....

@stepstep865 2 года назад

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 ...

@AlainKakoma 4 года назад

My beloved country and homeland... One day the almighty will justify you! :(

@hnys7976 4 года назад

So sad.

@ebubewilson3116 4 года назад

Don’t wait for almighty, Who gave the almighty ??? white man my brother think

@seblee2664 3 года назад

@@ebubewilson3116 About time you stop blaming the world for your problem, dude. Might have to change a few things aye

@benborja3200 3 года назад

Amen

@mojisolaodusanwo2674 3 года назад

Amen. Amen Amen

@khamanamai1645 4 года назад

What a beautiful country love to visit Congo, In Africa we blessed , time will come for Africa to reawaken

@mellymel6624 3 года назад

Do you see how green and lush that place looks, my goodness it’s amazing and beautiful

@yvettejones4249 3 месяца назад

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.

@Suranjan_Malik Год назад

Thank you BBC for this wonderful documentary.

@sachinbharti4312 2 года назад

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.

@Forward800 5 лет назад

Come on Congo, push, push,, push for a better future. You can do it.

@MyPetrushka 4 года назад

If we get out of the way with our corporations and our evil greedy humans maybe they can indeed do better.

@sher6897 4 года назад

onesoloving1 shut the fuck up you shit for brains degenerate

@eileenalicea7340 4 года назад

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.

@eileenalicea7340 4 года назад

@onesoloving1what do you mean it's not in their nature?

@eileenalicea7340 4 года назад

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.

@rosemarieguerrero3999 3 года назад

Love from Texas USA....Love this beautiful continent, hope to visit one day.

@abdistarmohamed 2 года назад

Welcome to Africa. ❤🇰🇪

@wakeupreality145 Год назад

I watched this documentary three years ago and i'm watching it again

@francodejj 2 года назад

Well put together documentary 👏🏾. God bless the Congo, God bless Africa 🙏🏾

@mohdfahmi8841 9 месяцев назад

Ai.em...

@mdabeer4920 4 года назад

I always pray to Allah. One day Africa achieve his kingdom and freedom .. From Bangladeshi African supporter

@zamzamabdi5279 4 года назад

Mansha Allah.

@mdabeer4920 4 года назад

@@zamzamabdi5279 😍

@jamarbansuan4034 4 года назад

Insallah ❤️👆

@georgehitchens8566 4 года назад

it should come naturally for merciful and loving God......

@johnspencer7291 4 года назад

fuck allah and i wipe my ass with koran

@shanepadayachee9344 4 года назад

What an amazing country - It has so much to offer...I pray for its future that it and all its people may prosper!

@mohdfahmi8841 9 месяцев назад

Ai!!//¡//.¡//...

@mortalclown3812 Год назад

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. :-)

@debasish2332 Год назад

After a long time, a documentary which is so refreshing ...

@rickythegreat6167 3 года назад

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 .

@thebillionare5730 4 года назад

We gonna come out of this quarantine with the interesting knowledge.

@aesfeiveorein7779 4 года назад

yes indeed

@nickymills2494 4 года назад

The Billionare totally in agreement

@bankhatri3233 4 года назад

The African Pleiadian yes man 👨

@hmax1591 4 года назад

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.

@nickymills2494 4 года назад

mumad usman That part I’ve certainly been aware of indeed !

@JeffTheGent Год назад

👏🏽 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. 🇨🇩

@mohdfahmi8841 9 месяцев назад

Ai...

@denismurimi497 Год назад

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

@trinihaze3127 5 лет назад

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

@iratepirate3896 4 года назад

Congo has always had great potential.

@omniaabdalla5656 2 года назад

wise words

@amathkamara281 2 года назад

Who cares if you are from the diaspora?

@trinihaze3127 2 года назад

@@amathkamara281 lol ok

@therealzondocommission728 Год назад

Nothing is truer than that

@corysleeger1574 4 года назад

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

@jasminer8419 4 года назад

SAME HERE

@cahmon3y338 4 года назад

Same brother I just found out I have Congo ancestry

@Rickywally 4 года назад

It’s could be your ancestral land and time is calling on you to connect .

@Rickywally 4 года назад

Jasmine R you should plan and go visit.

@fufu_from_eso 4 года назад

lol they shoot each other for no reason. what do you think would happen to an ignorant foreigner?

@dsantamaria713 Год назад

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...😥

@HONORTONUMERIC123 Год назад

Yeah...

@hblovab4150 Год назад

Yes very interested 😊

@theoliviaarchives4794 2 года назад

A country with such potential.

@shivalirawat3633 4 года назад

Beautiful country...beautiful people..love from India

@krishnadoley1534 4 года назад

😊☺️

@drsps3280 4 года назад

@@andreas912 Fuck china,China is far more worse than the europeans. but u must acknowledge european contribution in poverty & mayhem these countries experience.

@KwakuAmaniampongKyerefo 4 года назад

Shivali Rawat ❤️❤️❤️👊🏾👊🏾🙏🙏

@trymoredube894 4 года назад

Your are beautiful to

@nerd6429 4 года назад

@gods boy easy talk. people like you wont let the world progress. look at the established system first and then ask why certain parts in the world cant progress. fucking moron!

@matthewmann8969 4 года назад

Many forget about King Leopold The Second and what he and his followers did in The Congo

@parth6115 4 года назад

I know they converted forcefully millions of Congo natives into Christianity

@ordinarypeople6223 4 года назад

Forget the King, what about the present Congo leaders ? The atrocities they are causing to their nation.

@gx9954 4 года назад

ORDINARY PEOPLE forget what he did? Oh then you europeans should forget about worldwar 2 then

@disappearintothesea 3 года назад

It’s exploitation all around and the people pay the price, as always.

@Himm4k 3 года назад

@@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

@MrPhotodoc 2 года назад

I LOVE The Princess! Respect from Illinois USA.

@killion9406 2 года назад

What a DOCUMENTARY this deserves an award the Reporter is BRILLIANT what a guy

@donovankatjimune5530 4 года назад

Congo could have been the capital city of AFRICA and still could be

@sher6897 4 года назад

Donovan Katjimune except Africa isn’t a country

@dollypop2022 4 года назад

Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣

@panfitshims 4 года назад

@sherrie Brussels is called the capital of Europe while Europe is not a country. Putting it in that context, @Donavan is not so wrong.

@esthermpungu3963 4 года назад

So heartbreaking

@nathanb.8114 4 года назад

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

@badguy3808 5 лет назад

My beautiful country the mother land the heart of Africa I’am proud to be from this beautiful country

@sabaillon9 2 года назад

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

@lawrenceswann8977 2 года назад

@@sabaillon9 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-31bC1IIQiPk.html

@roguexxxd9722 2 года назад

Its a complete shit hole

@dolcemariah4123 Год назад

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

@MYCLICKSUPPORT Год назад

Amazing

@ILOVELEBRON Год назад

Happy to say my dad is from here and this culture is passed down to me now

@prestonmatthews725 4 года назад

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

@prestonmatthews725 4 года назад

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.

@prestonmatthews725 4 года назад

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 🤷🏽

@prestonmatthews725 4 года назад

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?

@prestonmatthews725 4 года назад

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.

@babasegy7545 4 года назад

Africa is where the whole show is happening. everyone is just interested in Africa. BBC are getting rich and having more stories just because of Africa

@kelfreer 4 года назад

@Pacifique Muhumure It’s true dumb bitch.

@skankhunt-zh8ky 3 года назад

Knowledge helps ppl get a foundation of perception it shouldn't matter where the source is along as it's fair and true.

@erikingmundson 2 года назад

The guides in the gorilla sanctuary are incredible. It has to be a labor of love.

@livingstoneoteng633 2 года назад

Good piece of documentary... I have learnt a great deal from this piece. Kudos, Alastair! Do more such.

@tylancoleman2862 5 лет назад

Africa has the most potential power IN THE WORLD.

@robertbalibrera2583 5 лет назад

Tylan Coleman I believe it's all in the leadership too much corruption too much division they need a better leader

@user-btszi7et 5 лет назад

@@robertbalibrera2583Whats the point of better leaders if they are to be forcobly removed while the world watches, and puppet leaders get propped up in their place? Look at they did to Patrice Lumumba.

@tylancoleman2862 4 года назад

@Adolf Stallin No we don't we do best in leadership positions holding real power bringing pure and positive impact everywhere we go. Silly.

@tylancoleman2862 4 года назад

@@robertbalibrera2583 Yeah but Africa in integrating and becoming more transparent by the day. Countries teaming up not tolerating corruption anymore.

@tylancoleman2862 4 года назад

@@user-btszi7et That was in the 1960's. More has changed and innovated in the last 30 years than in the last 100. The world doesn't put up with it like it used to. Read Kagame's story. Also Check out Musivini's story. Don't forget south Africans story.

@ernestbowen4054 4 года назад

I lived in the Congo from 1977-1979. I love the people.

@africansunset6826 Год назад

Africa is in my blood... no other place like it on earth.

@mu8554 2 года назад

Love this country ,would love to get a new life there

@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 5 лет назад

THANK YOU for speaking openly about the GENOCIDE King Leopold II perpetrated in the Congo. It is to this day one of the very worst human tragedies in history, and yet barely anyone even knows about it.

@frenchweewee4444 5 лет назад

AGREE! History is written by the victors, so you can only imagine all that has been left out. Reading through these comments, some are clearly disturbing. The sheer hate will never go away, but for those that have eyes that see, just read between the lines, when history is told by victor. The raping, the pillaging, the free labor & some expect the circumstances of these tribes, people's & lands to be different. All I can do is hope & pray, the ONES that inflicted so much hate & strife on another, suffer the same fate in their after life for eternity!

@lz4345 4 года назад

I am African American and I was unaware of the horror our Ancestors in Africa had to live through. No matter where my Ancestors lived they suffered. I watch The Dr Mumbai Show on RU-vid and just heard about the horror of this man.

@janesmith9024 4 года назад

I know ., It was dreadful as indeed was black on black slavery in Africa too.

@kristiankristian5993 4 года назад

WHAT LEOPOLD HE MAKE IT THERE, IT'S AT THE SAME LEVEL WITH HITLER'S HORRORS IN EUROPE !! IT WAS A REAL GENOCIDE !!!!!😢😢😡😡😠

@Ryaa256 4 года назад

They talk about id amin dada who they don't have any evidence of what he did....

@richardkirbystewart1536 5 лет назад

Thoroughly enjoyed it! As a person who lived in East Africa for fifteen years, I greatly appreciated the scenes of the beauty and the reality of what is Congo now.

@ll-wd3ms 4 года назад

Good

@69ss95 Год назад

Lived in Tanzania for a few back in 95 thru 98..love the people! The govt not so much...

@evansbobo8230 11 месяцев назад

@@ll-wd3msI u u

@mohdfahmi8841 9 месяцев назад

Ai!!//¡)/¡//.

@carlislepanting5219 2 года назад

Belize central america I'm from!! May Jehovah bless mother Africa & the Congo!!✌🙏🌎❤💯🤗

@user-dp2pr2oi5j 3 месяца назад

Africa is truly a beautiful place! In solidarity

@nnayahagadite3859 4 года назад

Hmmm, those that have eyes to see and ears to hear, let him understand by WISDOM; this Congo is no ordinary place!

@kedanpie4409 4 года назад

All I can do is inhale and exhale deeply while watching.

@KwakuAmaniampongKyerefo 4 года назад

kedanpie4409 hmmmm 😰😰🙏🙏

@musinguzijoel6253 4 года назад

It's so heartbreaking.... We need to wake up

@Dilkingt0nne 4 года назад

Well that's good you'd be dead else

@kevinmurphy650 5 месяцев назад

These people are amazing everyone should watch this

@reyrey2468 Год назад

I still cant belive how africa with so much rich resources can be the pooriest place im the world😮

@brandysigmon9066 2 года назад

God bless Africa and all her children!!

@bonniec.ddisashi6686 3 года назад

I cry when ever i see then land of my my forefathers, as a Congolese brother my Country is the richest.

@karenrhodes9973 3 года назад

I have great admiration for these people of the Congo. They show what real endurance is. I am feeling very humbled.

@Mscavalli2 3 года назад

Thank you Karen!

@karenrhodes9973 3 года назад

@@Mscavalli2 You are welcome, I speak from the heart.

@Celisar1 Год назад

You admire people simply for trying to live their life despite being poor- but wouldn’t we all do that exactly the same? Poverty is a curse and having to cope with it only sad.

@karenrhodes9973 Год назад

@@Celisar1 There are MANY poor people in the world and no, they do not all show this endurance. Many sit on the side of the road asking for handouts. Again, I have great admiration for the people of the Congo for doing what they do without complaint.

@samanth. Год назад

@@Celisar1 western countries have high number of poor citizens even though being first world country

@emmahardesty4330 Год назад

Stunning and heartbreaking. Very good commentary. Many thanks for this wide-ranging view.

@rishun13 26 дней назад

I thought DRC was just a poor country until I met my Congolese partner.This country has too much potential and indeed the heart of Africa.We will move there one day!