Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo became the largest city in Africa in 2022, just beating out Lagos, Nigeria.
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Sources:
Congo a river journey youtu.be/6t0k-hcffZw
Super rich in Central Africa youtu.be/KaPLylJk89w
Inside the murky business of cobalt mining in DR Congo youtu.be/ll7aUgeK3-o
Chinese company removed as cobalt mine operator https://nyti.ms/3vxSvWN
DR Congo worker abuse youtube.com/watch?v=KzZcbCn8l10
Deadliest journeys Congo: The Last Train in Katanga youtu.be/FVGQJM2MVNY
DRCs corruption score bit.ly/3PUPeZQ
90-page Corruption report: bit.ly/3vrLtmg

History of the Congo river youtu.be/XMbeQT8Nzxo
King Baudouin declares Congo independent youtube.com/watch?v=TjCgC64odYw
Patrice Lumumba youtube.com/watch?v=qkTSCcW1MDo
How Chinese money is changing housing in Africa youtu.be/tqmLcGST4kw
What can $10 get in Congo youtube.com/watch?v=Tsa-38HCY8E
Kinshasa is drawing in waste bit.ly/3vvjKkM
Seek change through rap music youtube.com/watch?v=YUgFBP1u-yo
Conflict minerals in the DRC bit.ly/3zLJBHG
Wikipedia: Kinshasa bit.ly/3bjXLX0
History guild: The Congo war bit.ly/3bhHwde
China gifting DRC new parliament building bit.ly/3Q6WKRv
Bush meets Kabila bit.ly/3vrKHWo
China Cash Flowed to Former President’s Cronies https://bloom.bg/3bjYmrI
Kinshasa in 4k youtube.com/watch?v=bn0hlX_nbRk
The extraordinary foods and people of DR Congo youtube.com/watch?v=ky6BGlPuDOk
Innoss’B Fr Diamond Platnumz youtube.com/watch?v=ebZ7Ng1okCg
Additional drone shots bit.ly/3zj4Saa
Chinese entrepreneurs in DR Congo youtube.com/watch?v=O77HMmFAtSQ
Congo’s highway No. 1 youtube.com/watch?v=APzcFV1BAss
Report slams Congo’s $6 billion China mining deal youtube.com/watch?v=L8POLcJiYGA
Nyiragongo Volcano youtube.com/watch?v=ZVBEFHwzEWQ
Conflict and Coltan in Eastern Congo youtube.com/watch?v=F5VZtJDYWNM
Kinshasa slow motion youtube.com/watch?v=EB41Zl2lY0I

Chapters:
0:00 Welcome to Kinshasa
0:52 Geography and natural resources
1:56 The colonialists arrive
2:48 An independent (corrupt) DRC
3:48 Cobalt mining capital of the world
4:30 China's plunder
6:51 Kinshasa's poor infrastructure and services
7:39 Rich (few) vs Poor (many)
8:38 Bike merchant "traffickers"
9:52 A wild (slow) train ride
10:39 Looking ahead

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