TRAVELOGUE: Inside the fun and thrills of a week in Congo Kinshasa, By Wale Okediran

Apart from being a formidable navigable waterway, the River Congo is the largest source of hydroelectric power in Africa.

Established as a Belgian colony in 1908, the Democratic Republic of the Congo French: République démocratique du Congo , and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 100 million, the DRC is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world, as well as the 4th-most populous country in Africa and the 15th-most populous country in the world.

Next was the country’s national stadium, the Stade des Martyrs located in the Lingwala district of the city. It is the home stadium of the National Team of the DRC, as well the local clubs; AS Vita Club and DC Motema Pembe. The stadium which has a capacity of 125,000 for most matches is considered to be the biggest in central Africa.

It was a large gathering of diplomats, academicians, writers and cultural enthusiasts. In line with the Covid protocols, the event took place outdoors in the expansive garden of Madam Brahy’s colonial style house. Expectedly, the city is the engine room of the high decibel socio-political activities of the land made famous by a succession of leaders such as Patrice Lumumba, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, Mobutu SeseSeko, Laurent Kabila, his son, Joseph Kabila on to the current President, Felix Tshisekedi.

Although I had ridden motorbikes during some of my previous trips to places such as Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania, riding a motorbike in the congested Kinshasa traffic was one of my scariest experiences in recent times. On a number of occasions during the approximately 30 -minute trip to the National Museum, I had to close my eyes out of fear of a collision as my Congolese motorcyclist weaved his way in between tightly packed vehicles and pedestrians with an uncanny dexterity.

Although I could not inspect the tomb because of the late hour, I was reliably informed that the former President’s corpse rested in a coffin clad in the old colonial flag and enclosed in glass. Next to the tomb was the late President’s statue standing about eight meters high.As I toured the forecourt of the Presidential Palace that oozed with much history and legend, I walked carefully, stepping tenderly on the grounds that the famous and the controversial had once trodden.

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