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A meandering stream in the Kivu province, D.R.Congo.

About half of Congo’s inhabitants identify with the Kongo peoples, whose major subgroups include the Sundi, Kongo, Lali, Kougni, Bembe, Kamba, Dondo, Vili, and Yombe. The Ubangi peoples include the Makoua, Kouyou, Mboshi, Likouala, Ngala, and Bonga. The Teke and the Sanga, or “Gabonese Bantu,” are also divided into subgroups. The Binga Pygmies live in small bands, usually as clients of surrounding farming peoples. Of the Europeans who remained in Congo prior to the civil strife of the late…

Did you know? The Congo River, and not the Amazon, is the deepest river on the world, with measured depths in excess of 720 feet (220 m).

Diosso Gorge, Republic of Congo-Brazzaville - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin

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In the wake of independence from Belgium on 30 June 1960, law and order collapsed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Force Publique mutinied on 8 July, the two richest mining provinces, Katanga and Kasai seceded (July and August respectively), and tribal strength trials among government leaders never stopped.

In “Congo Tales,” a new book about the second-largest tropical forest in the world, the story of a people and their home comes alive.