Geography Now! CONGO (Democratic republic) 

Exactly

I thought the same! Hahaha

+Turning Guy Then Zimbabwe is cursing saying, "why did I not stay as Rhodesia?"

😂😂

+Louis Hypothetical Angles. How about the Geometric Union

+jqerty we need memory.

+jqerty Which book was it?

indeed as a fellow belgian i can verify that our country just realy realy realy doesn’t like to talk about what our king did during this time.

+jqerty Monarchs for some reason are remembered more positively than non-monarchial dictators. Its stupid I know. But that's how it is.

+Rasta Mon "King Leopold's Ghost" (Hochschild). Great read, but a bit too historical written for my taste (to meany details).

Also Jazz...

@@leyamiatudila7047 jazz is African American

@@leyamiatudila7047 thats in New Orleans and Harlem

@@meltedicecreamsandwich And rhumba is Cuban

@@meltedicecreamsandwich And rhumba is Cuban

Hey im congolese also hi there

I'm also Congolese 🇨🇩

That's not true

SAME ❤❤❤ 🇨🇩

Same

+Alejandro Espino lol best comment here

+Alejandro Espino

Lord Viktor the Ruthless very lovely Monty python character

I was watching this with only my left earphone i had to check to see if the right one work after this comment

Lol why xD

And corruption, it's a major problem in most African countries, as soon as the leaders reach to the top they basically forget of the poor...

It could've been like countries in the Arab peninsula which became rich af because of natural resources

Tell me who are spend their time killing the good leaders since the independence if it's not the Westerns ? (while propaganding that misery is caused by dictator and low IQ)

Corruption always involves a corruptor & a corrupted,yes ?Well,the corruptor is foreign to the country,always !

@mrtvicovek It's not the people themselves, It's just the political leaders that are horrible

NTZ Official 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🙌🏾 Represent

So am I xD

What language do they speak mostly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

@Marcelo Firpo ok ty

🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩 Congo kinshasa

+Will Taji praying for your country.

Mister Anderson Thank you man.God bless you

x_MySecretShadows_x Yes

do congolese people really hate Rwanda?

MidnightToker7 me personally I don’t cause I left the country for Canada at 2 years old and one of my parents friends is from Rwanda... But, yes, they once told me Rwandans are bastards ( except their friend )

HI OMG I LOVE U AND UR AWESOME

Hi Barby

Congrats on 200,000 Geograpeeps!

thanks for the geografi of Afghanistan

+Geography Now I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS! YOUR THE FRIGGIN BEST! I LOVE U! 200,000 SUBS!

Wakanda*

That’s what wakanda would want you to see😏

Messed up on the outside but secretly prosperous on the inside

Botswana is Wakanda.

Honestly as a person who is from this rich and beautiful country I just wanna say the presidents don't do anything there just there for the money one president wasn't even from DRC! and the new president has 100m in 3 years!

I thought something was wrong with my headphones.

Daniel I thought so at first too. I just opened a different video in another tab.

pay depts from Germany XDD

George Perakis what about your right ear

Oh thank god it's not my earplugs. I just got these last week and I've had over a dozen of those now. It's always one ear that stops working.

which name was that?

It was Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Try saying that ten times fast

+Eric Williamson he probably trained

+ParallaxGaming try saying that at all!

Heh

Your friend is wrong. Merengue and Rumba is Congo not Nigeria. Congolese's music is one of the best on the continent.

@@ArjyDuah Great thanks for sharing. I probably mixed them up myself, since Im not the expert. A great many Caribbeans came from Congo indeed, we have common words like "Luangu" that are very widespread. Thanks for sharing!

Interesting!!!

I don't think Geography Now is going to do a video on your country.

@@mypanexogamouslineage965 they are

@@mypanexogamouslineage965 They did 😂

Love from namibia

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the whole world need to know about Africa. greetings from Malaysia!

Rachel Sangara yes indeed he is very informed and unbiased.

Wanna visit it

My grandma just came to canada! She used to work the manioc back in drc... Dieu est grand!

Mbote nayo ndeko

the best city

@@thebigbadbabies1906 muh bruddah do u know de wei ?

Not so glorious as Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch I'm afraid...

Hi from italy

My parents from congo and I currently live In norway

@@tplrecordings5974 lies

Or about Asia, or about South America, or About Oceania.

Compro peli pubici di Chiara Ferragni a buon prezzo South America is tumbleweedland and Oceania...Polynesians.

Zuppa con le unghie dei piedi di Levante that's not true... we learn about Asia and south America a lot.... we also learn about Africa but not a lot but we definitely learn about south America and asia...

@@fulgenzio89 I agree with Oceania and Asia, but everyone learns about South America at some point

Exactly 👌🏻.

My gf was from angola, I couldn't agree more with you

Well, then if you don't mind I'm going to inform you that "bakongo" is a plural. So you, a single person can't be "bakongo", you're if anything mukongo.

nope

+wwwooouuuttteeerrr97 it's not though

+Robert Murray They probably belong in the same category of 'capitals squashed up against each other'. Also, the Vatican is a bit special.

+Robert Murray I guess Vatican City doesn't even count

With Wildhide In fact Vatican City is a part of Rome

Vince Peeters how

Kik LeBraVo HOOZY because it’s large enough to have 2 time zones.

Lol have u seen the USA

ViperSA Russia is not in Africa

Ciara Jackson USA is not in Africa

XD

Haha

Agreed!

+SpektralJo gad I wasn't the only one thinking that.

Peadar is the creator of the animation at 0:43

+EoghanMcCarthy900 Ireland cares more about the world, than America!!

***** We study a lot of American history also

Exactly!! not so much about the rest of the world!

1 Bang u leaving cert honours history

In Belgium we learn a lot about Congo history too (which is of course reasonable) and also see a fair amount of American history

amen to that, our God is still on our side

Yaas, we will

*looks at the congolese famine*

*looks at belgium*

If dictators dah, and the hdi should increase a ton load and famines should be non existent, illiteracy should become eradicared.

My thoughts exactly!

why anyone would put that name in a town is beyond me tough...

^ welp thats wales for you

It was basically a publicity stunt in the 19th century :/

Agreed. I'm an American with Welsh ancestry and I can't even pronounce the name of the town correctly.

Mais par contre dire que le meilleur amie du Congo c'est Congo Brazza là il à totalement tord il à oublié l'opération mbata ya mukolo

UbiSurfer I'm Japan and I live in Canada.

Cool

@@lagseeing8341 🤣

I'm Somalia but I live in England

UbiSurfer im Indonesian but I live in Indonesia xD

+ryan ball ?

You heard him it's a rich country, richer than Europe & US combined.. both country don't want to be on the bottom always trying to dominate others... who have the last say so.. God not people

Classic A eurpoe isn't a country

Google says our country is poor .but that's a lie.we are the richest country and the best country in Africa

America gets its resources from the DRC.The DRC is richer than america

Couldn't agree more. The only decent thing Mobutu gave us, that and the Abacos. Also the national anthem La Zaïroise was better than the long snooze fest Debout Congolais.

You can't sat that

Don't worry folks, we'll change the things again.

@@mariomulajapdgloyenge5051 Hope so! I listen to Zaïrois national anthem for inspiration because it is so calm and beautiful.

Even our National Anthem was cooler in that time XD!

Hey, is there a way i can contact you? I want to do interview some congolese for a project

Ana V Hhhhhhhhhhhhh

lool DR mean Democratic Republic..

Ana V me to

Gabriel Hardson ❤

I’m Angolan and Congolese 😍😍

Gabriel Hardson my consin is Angolan and I am congolese

Gabriel Hardson

thank you 🇦🇴🇨🇩❤

Hai

EDIT - A stupid comment I made. Or if they start civilising instead of being primitive.

Maybe stop fighting each other for like 5 seconds, develop a hard working culture that favours education and progress, stop being corrupt, stop being misled by the great powers for a quick buck. Start there and you'll see you won't have to blame all your problems on someone else.

@@lessthanpinochet exactly, its mainly their fault these days.. Not the west.

Isaac Raschke dont say “their” fault... the leaders’ fault ... Mobutu ALONE stayed in power for 32 years and no schools built, no roads built, NOTHING. Ok except the Barrage de Inga (not sure if it was really him, but still!)... he was feeding western countries as he was himself a toy... he lived his best life ! With a palace full of marble ... he invited kings and presidents to his home to “show off” ... for 32 years?!!! If students graduate after 17-20 years of school (from primary to uni) then 32 is enough to have a rocky base for the future! Ingénieurs and scientists are very important for research and development! Then he had to be replaced and Kabila the “father” came with his troops from Neighbouring countries, opening another door for conflicts... the countries that helped him take the power wanted their pay off and said “give us the resources...” he said “huh let’s me think about it... NAH!” Then he was assassinated 4 years later. And surprise!!! Who became president ? Joseph Kabila! People were against it ! Why him? Who is he? “His son” “WHAT?” “We dont want him!” “Shut up”! So Kabila the “son” stayed in power since 2001 and left this year after a 2 year extension during his “second” (in reality it is the third) term. Things even got worse!!!! He even wanted to change the constitution to stay longer in power... before leaving, he made a speech (if it wasn’t his first speech?) and said “we need to choose as a president someone that isn’t linked to foreigners ... because you will have to give them back what they had helped you to take !” I paraphrased it though ... but he literally was saying that people had put him there and when especially he sold Uranium to Iran, USA got mad and wanted to get rid of him. So in order to protect himself, he tried to find an agreement with the new “elected” president. “Don’t kill me !” So saying that “it is their fault is at the same time ignorance and the truth”... if you really think that the major countries aren’t saying or doing anything “bad” in this country you are lying to yourself ... on the other hand, the Congolese leaders are if not the stupidest, the most strange people in the world ! I have tried to understand them but I can’t ! I made it as short as I could .

@@lessthanpinochet Sadly this is true my x girlfriend was Congolese and they are more obsessed with getting their education or living in places like Belgium or the United States

This specific "Blood of those who fight for the freedom" is my favorite

K

Nemo the emo A wild Bearsharktopus apeared!

Geath Drips haha Where did you learn those ?

from my congolese friend

Tufi na yo : you're a piece of sh... Nako beta yo : I'm gonna beat you

Mdr

Yasolo!! Yebisa mbango. Kiekiekie

Costa rica is a really beautiful country

+Augusto Konrad He don't talk much about politic and history in general.

Renato Raia Well, in the colonbian video he talked a lot about colombia's struggle with guerillas and narcotraffic.

I'm Kenyan and I've never heard of it

Tanzania & Zimbabwe: you gotta be kidding me, we sent soldiers to fight you wars.

@@RK7LifeLine Who ask you?

though*

+DetroitBall who cares ?xd

+Nebula Mirage It Is Correct

DetroitBall My bad, in Spanish it's República Democrática del Congo instead of Democratic Republic of Congo, so I'm used to write it the other way around

Nebula Mirage Well, since it wasn't an error of grammar but one of translation I guess he isn't a grammar nazi. More like a language nazi

Haha same lol

YOU SAVED MY HEADPHONES FROM TRASH

+katten elvis same

+katten elvis likes*

+Solaxe S ok

It's OK bro

Hola hermano

🙌🙌🙌

+eva bral It was Leopold II (he sucks balls!) & the Belgian state, not your random Belgian as they didn't have a say/couldn't vote on the matter of creating colonies abroad.. Trouwens, ik woon ook in Belgie, 9duust.. haha

+Yusuf Omar (Zopdoz) yeah but still... En altijd tof om iemand van België tegen te komen! ^^

+eva bral er wordt veel overdreven over wat daar gedaan is... die handen afkappen enz... hebben ze 1x gedaan, nadien bleek dat het niet betalen van het 'werkvolk' veel effectiever bleek... want mensen zonder hand kunnen niet meer werken... Bovendien moet men het ook zien in de context van die tijd... vroeger was het 'normaal' om zo mensen in de kolonies te behandelen, zeker indien ze een ander kleurtje hadden, bedank de Kerk daar maar voor. Onze Leopold was eigenlijk niet zo 'barbaars' ,hier in Europa in dien tijd leefde heersers die ergere zaken deden aan hun eigen volk...

Maciej Sochacki Veel van overgedreven ? Ja, dat zou ik toch wel ook toegeven, maar gij ga mij niet zeggen dat wat die man allemaal gepleegd had niet barbaars was, ook al was dat de norm van die tijd! Zijn daden waren misselijkmakend.

barbaars voor nu ja (ik studeer geschiedenis) ik heb geleerd om dingen in een ander daglicht te zien... in die tijden was er geen andere manier, ja uithongeren zoals ze nadien deden, maar als we zo gaan kijken dan moeten we elke wereldleider uit de 19de eeuw beschuldigen... en ik hoop dat niemand hier op reageert met zijn apple of samsung smartphone, want die mensen wat de grondstoffen etc moeten verzamelen, worden tegenwoordig ongeveer even erg uitgebuit... de wereld draait rond 1 ding, geld... congo was een economisch 'experimentje' van de koning... die probeerde ook op bepaalde manieren meer geld binnen te krijgen... keur ik het goed? nee zou dat vandaag gebeuren... euhm het is nog steeds bezig, maar subtieler... kan men het die man kwalijk nemen... hmmm europa was toen vollebak bezig met de wereld te onderwerpen... niet echt dus... zoals ik zei, andere landen deden ergere zaken... de zuiderse amerikanen zien de donkere tot vandaag als mindere en zouden nog eregere zaken doen, stel dat de slavendrijvens in de 19de eeuw een 'leider' hadden... dan zou ook in de top 10 van ergste moordenaars/mishandelaars uit de geschiedenis staan...

You need to pray for it ! Only God can help us!

@@byamungusamuelnguma5577 We need to pray yes, but we also need action, business etc. We have a long way to go but i am confident that we will get there someday. DRC will become a tourist destination in the future 💚👍🏾

How was it?

***** DRC

Daniel a

Niel Relatado I'm not THAT congolese I'm half british and a quater portuguese

What about Cheerio mate! Now walk away from me ;-;

EtaPlaysMsp im belgian sorry for the things we did to you country.

+Brock Fielder pshh, I am old enough to remember when the first humans were born from apes #20000BCkid

Pfft. I remember when it was still pangea.

Radical_Tempo I remember when the big bang didn't even happen.

This escalated quickly.

Morning Glory I know right

Hey, is there a way i can contact you? I want to do interview some congolese for a project

I'm from Goma also. Mt Stanley is the current Rwenzori

🥰 You are pretty. Best luck to the region!

@@Lucas_Simoni 🙏🏾 thx

Same

Now I’m in Norway they speak diff language

+Victor Mata Verçosa see what you did there.

Except me.

please watch my video about DR Congo through my channel

+MetaKnight64 the right ear enjoyed the music

My left ear took all the music away from my right.

+something random - Nah, I knew it as Zaire. ;-)

***** - Ooh. I see!

I remember it as Zaire too. Sounds better

JP B n

You probably didn’t pay attention in class lool

That's what I will do to you ( just joking )

They betrayed Congo and they are stealing drc minerals & killing people every day to better themselves.. it's sad, but they will pay one day, what goes around comes around

What do you mean

+Hetzer Was it mono sound?

b-dog t-dog IT seemed to be entirely in my left ear.

+Hetzer Lol I'm not even listening on head/earphones but my left speaker was the only one with sound coming out lol!

RIGHT HERE , I live in Kinshasa , can we be friends?

EthaLDN I am

EthaLDN sorry british empire split us from africa and now were in Caribbean

Meeee🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩

Love to dr congo from italy

Well to be fair most of the time other people's pronunciation of our language is so terrible that we pretty much go _"Yeaaaaah,........ we can speak english........."_

NIELS MICHIELS Not their fault when Dutch is a difficult language to learn

@@borussiagermania7428 Ah...German is difficult not Dutch!!!

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