Kongo - Hollande Hoogte

The road that connects Boma and Matadi, the main port cities along the Congo River. Ships from Europe and other continents call at these ports, with c...

Matadi, Congo - Second-hand goods from the West arrive in the ports of Boma and Matadi. Many shops sell these ???bilokos??? ??" a corruption of ???bil...

Inga, Congo - An employee and a security guard take a break under one of the six penstocks of the INGA 1 dam. The river gives life to the rainforest a...

Congo, Kinshasa - apartment buildings of ???Cite?? du Fleuve???, a gated community that was built by a Chinese real estate developer on an artificial...

Limete???s parody of a skyscraper. Building codes are optional, with all the resulting dangers. Now and then, buildings in the capital come crumbling...

Congo, Kinshasa - A lone Lamborghini sparkles in the sun in front of the apartment buildings of ???Cite?? du Fleuve???, a gated community that was bui...

Kinshasa, Congo - The elegant gentleman and sapeur of the state ???Papa Griffe??? honors the Congo River, the riverine highway that not only supplies...

Witchcraft accusations against children in Africa. Congo's 'child witches' are exorcised to have the devil beaten out. Followers of the sect of Tata G...

Followers of the sect of Tata Gonda, a self-proclaimed prophet from Kongo Central who announced the coming of a black messiah. Their priests tend to t...

Followers of the sect of Tata Gonda, a self-proclaimed prophet from Kongo Central who announced the coming of a black messiah. Their priests tend to t...

Witchcraft accusations against children in Africa. Congo's 'child witches' are sometimes exorcised to have the devil beaten out. Followers of the sect...

Kinshasa, Congo - People watch television on a shipwreck they have converted into their home. The capital???s harbours resemble a ship graveyard, litt...

Portrait of a girl in red dress. The capital???s harbours resemble a ship graveyard, littered with shipwrecks and unfinished ships. The wrecks often h...

The capital???s harbours resemble a ship graveyard, littered with shipwrecks and unfinished ships. The wrecks often hamper navigation. Some are home t...

The capital???s harbours resemble a ship graveyard, littered with shipwrecks and unfinished ships. The wrecks often hamper navigation. Some are home t...

The capital???s harbours resemble a ship graveyard, littered with shipwrecks and unfinished ships. The wrecks often hamper navigation. Some are home t...

The capital's harbours resemble a ship graveyard, littered with shipwrecks and unfinished ships. The wrecks often hamper navigation. Some are home to...

Kinsuka Pe^cheur is very popular with middle-class Kinois, who enjoy taking selfies in front of the spectacular rapids in the background. On weekends,...

The capital???s harbours resemble a ship graveyard, littered with shipwrecks and unfinished ships. The wrecks often hamper navigation. Some are home t...

On weekends, Kinois (Kinshasa residents) flock to the river banks, to party, dance and drink. Musicians, street peddlers and acrobats take advantage o...

Maluku, Congo-Bustling harbours like this one attract sellers, of cigarettes and alcohol, of streetfood and Chinese radios. Their customers are the cr...

Maluku, Congo - Men unloading a boat with charcoal coming from the interior of the country. Boats laden with bags or charcoal from the interior moor i...

Maluku, Congo-Thanks to imports or cheap Chinese engines, many Congolese own their own motorcycle taxi, which they pimp to their own preferences-Gr??c...

Maluku, Congo - Bustling harbours like this one attract sellers, of cigarettes and alcohol, of streetfood and radios. Their customers are the crews of...

MALUKU, Congo ??" north of Kinshasa, last haircut before heading inland, up the Congo River.

Maluku, Congo - Men loading overloaded vans with charcoal coming from the interior of the country. Boats laden with bags of charcoal from the interior...

Kinshasa, Congo - working man has to carry bags with charcoal. Boats laden with bags of charcoal from the interior moor in a harbour to the northeast...

MALUKU, Congo ??" This harbour north of Kinshasa is populated with all kinds of shops, where you can still buy a suitcase at the last minute or charge...

Kindu, Congo - Kindu, city in the province of Maniema was once the center of a flourishing rice industry. Between the rubbish, a woman searches for le...

KASONGO - Rain is the only opportunity the prisoners have to wash.

Kinshasa, Congo - Every year, on February 10th, sapeurs visit the grave of their spiritual father, the musician Adrien Mombele Samba N???gantshie, aka...

Kinshasa, Congo - Every year, on February 10th, sapeurs visit the grave of their spiritual father, the musician Adrien Mombele Samba N???gantshie, aka...

Kinshasa, Congo - Every year, on February 10th, sapeurs visit the grave of their spiritual father, the musician Adrien Mombele Samba N???gantshie, aka...

Likoso, Congo - Men who smoked too much cannabis perform an unusual welcome ritual.

KINSHASA, Congo ??" Disabled people pay less import fees. Savvy traders use them to import cargo cheaply from Congo Brazzaville through the ONATRA por...

KINSHASA, Congo ??" Disabled people pay less import fees. Savvy traders use them to import cargo cheaply from Congo Brazzaville through the ONATRA por...

KINSHASA, Congo ??" Disabled people pay less import fees. Savvy traders use them to import cargo cheaply from Congo Brazzaville through the ONATRA por...

Kilwa, Congo - Can ???Assassin??? beat his opponent with his python? He and other wrestlers are spending the week in Kilwa before travelling to the ne...

Kilwa, Congo - Can ???Assassin??? beat his opponent with his python? He and other wrestlers are spending the week in Kilwa before travelling to the ne...

Kilwa, Congo - Can ???Assassin??? beat his opponent with his python? He and other wrestlers are spending the week in Kilwa before travelling to the ne...

Kilwa, Congo - Can ???Assassin??? beat his opponent with his python? He and other wrestlers are spending the week in Kilwa before travelling to the ne...

Pweto, Congo - Around five o???clock in the afternoon, these fishermen prepare to go out fishing on Lake Mweru. They use floating oil lamps to attract...

Pweto, Congo - A makeshift shop in a fishing village on Lake Mweru.

Pweto, Congo - Around five o???clock in the afternoon, these fishermen prepare to go out fishing on Lake Mweru. They use floating oil lamps to attract...

Pweto, Congo - Around five o???clock in the afternoon, these fishermen prepare to go out fishing on Lake Mweru. They use floating oil lamps to attract...

Pweto, Congo - Around five o???clock in the afternoon, these fishermen prepare to go out fishing on Lake Mweru. They use floating oil lamps to attract...

Kinshasa, Congo - There are dozens of tiny harbours in Kinshasa. They are all separate concessions. In a country the size of Europe, with limited and...

Kinshasa, Congo - The capital???s harbours resemble a ship graveyard, littered with shipwrecks and unfinished ships. The wrecks often hamper navigatio...

Kinshasa, Congo - Chairs where couples can consume something on the banks of the Congo River are the first signs of tourism in the Congo. Kinsuka Pe^c...

Kinshasa, Congo - Stanley???s leg is being mended in the foundry of the Chanic metal company. The statue was not included in the refurbishment of the...