Tag: Congo
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Recette: Poulet à la moambe à la Tabuku
Recette Poulet Moambe. Le poulet moambe (portugais : moamba de galinha) est un plat de poulet salé populaire en Afrique centrale et considéré comme le plat national de l’Angola. Le plat lui-même est fait en combinant du poulet, des épices et du beurre de palme pour créer une consistance semblable à un ragoût. Un certain…
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Garden flowers photos
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Why I left the “West”
I wanted to leave the west so much that I left Canada even before properly finishing my studies. Don’t worry, I finished remotely! It’s not that I didn’t like it. I enjoyed my studies, my friends and generally liked my life over there. But I wasn’t happy. Or rather, I wasn’t satisfied. I was bored.…
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“Where are you from?”
This question gets asked a lot when I meet someone new. I have many versions of the answer depending on the person asking, my mood or the immediate environment. I can’t seem to answer the same thing every time. Why is this question important in the first place? Why is it asked? Is my accent…
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Landing at Kinshasa airport, an experience
Landing at the Kinshasa airport, an experience I landed in the Kinshasa International or Ndjili airport at 10pm on a Turkish airlines flight on a Sunday night. This is what you can expect.
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Electro from D. R. Congo, France, Belgium and Canada!
Did you know that Canadians and Congolese love music and are collaborating to make great stuff? If not, please check out this group Moonshine.mu and DJ P2n (Instagram pages) and read the interview : https://www.magazinesocan.ca/features/moonshine-la-lune-de-miel-continue/ Check out Felix Noe as well! The cook of Moonshine.mu (whatever that means!) DJ P2N They are even featured on…
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Everything takes time in Congo (DR)
Maybe this is a rant. In Congo, everything, or should I say, most things, take time, or should I say, take more time than they should! A quick trip to the supermarket? Not really. Sit in silly traffic. Maybe a cop pulls you over. Maybe the card machine doesn’t work. Maybe they don’t have what…
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Kinshasa by night
Pictures of Kinshasa by night. The 24 Novembre or Liberation boulevard. Seen from a rooftop. Enjoy! 🙂
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Photos again – March 2021 – Kisantu, Matadi, Muanda
More DRC photos taken on the road between Kinshasa, Matadi, Kisantu, Muanda in March and April 2021. Enjoy 🙂 On the road between Kinshasa and Muanda, there are trucks, motorbikes, customs officials, police, toll gates. There isn’t much harassment if you’re lucky and don’t upset anyone… Motorbikes on the road Hills on the way to…
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More photos of Kinshasa and surroundings
I was able to take a few photographs of Kinshasa from various places without getting harassed. Here they are. I hope you like them! Some are from Chacha, a rooftop bar in Gombe. Others are from Mon Béguin another rooftop bar in Gombe (with a yellow sunset) There’s also a picture of a colourful weird…
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Music in the DRC
A short history of Congolese (DRC) music with a few classic tracks
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Graffiti tour of Kinshasa
Have you seen graffiti in Kinshasa? Don’t think there is? Think again! Here are a few I saw around Kinshasa in Bandal. The artists I met, Chris and Malco, do it out of love for the art and need more fans and supporters. Drive around Kasavubu in Bandal on a Sunday to see these. Have…
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More photos of Kinshasa during Covid
More photos of Kinshasa during the curfew/Covid… Things haven’t changed much. Just masks, get home before 9pm. Parties start earlier now. Bars and restaurants are changing their hours. No one wants to sit at home.
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Photographs of the river loop before a storm
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Mwambe (Palm chicken dish)
Have you had mwambe (or moambe, the spelling is always a problem!) ? It’s a palm oil based chicken dish in Congo. You should give it a go. It is served with sweet fried plantains, “saka saka” or a type of spinach like dish using manioc leaves. It’s all served with some normal local rice.…
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Gbadolite, 2016
Here are a few pictures of the city, the roads and the old Mobutu palace. Check out William Clowes’s excellent article on Gbadolite https://roadsandkingdoms.com/2015/the-ruins-of-dead-despots/ And Thomas Nicolon’s video report https://www.france24.com/fr/20181102-billet-retour-rdc-congo-nostalgie-mobutu-gbadolite-zaire
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Internet problems in DRC
Vodacom sent us a message that their fiber optic cables got cut🤦🏻♂️. Oh joy… It’s not rare to have internet issues here. It’s sometimes alright but it’s very hard to get affordable internet…
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Another Sunday in Kinshasa
Emilio in Congo (DRC) 