to europeans, it was a natural route to transport slaves, ivory, rubber, minerals. the commodities upon which modern-day brussels and antwerp are built. for the congolese, both before and after the belgians, it provided more basic things. water, to wash, to clean your clothes in, to cook with, to drink. also, fishing. since long before the expeditions of dr. livingstone and henry morton stanley, the wagenia tribe has been fishing the river in unique fashion. ♪ highly coordinated and acrobatic, the wagenia dive into the treacherous rapids of what is still referred to as stanley falls. navigate downstream between baskets that need tending.