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>> i think the congo was, without question, the most dangerous place we ever made the show. something that couldn't be done, that was a big part of it. we were always trying to figure out a way to do something that couldn't be done. >> everyone gets everything he wants. i wanted to see the congo. and for my sins, they let me. this is a place i read about as a boy. in heart of darkness, conrad described it as a twisting snake with its head in the atlantic ocean and its tail buried deep in africa's heart. >> congo was a fulfillment of an enormous dream in our little fantasy we were having, our a...

This was once stanleyville, and the country's second-largest city, before war and neglect cut it off from the rest of the congo and the world. stanleyville, known in "heart of darkness" as the inner station. the congo river stretches across the country's middle. conrad describes it as a twisting snake with its head in the atlantic ocean and its tail buried deep in africa's heart. to europeans, it was a natural route to transport slaves, ivory, rubber, minerals. the commodities upon which modern-day brussels and antwerp are built.

The congo river stretches across the country's middle. conrad describes it as a twisting snake with its head in the atlantic ocean and its tail buried deep in africa's heart. 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. livingston and henry morton stanley, the wagenia tribe has been fi...

This was once stanleyville and the country's second largest city, before war and neglect cut it off from congo and the rest of the world. stanleyville, known in "the heart of darkness" as the inner station. the congo river stretches across the country's middle. conrad describes it as a twisting snake with its head in the atlantic ocean and its tail buried deep in africa's heart. 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

♪ >> anthony: two hours out of goma, we land at kisangani. ♪ this was once stanleyville, and the country's second largest city before war and neglect cut it off from the rest of the congo and the world. stanleyville, known in "heart of darkness" as the inner station. ♪ the congo river stretches across the country's middle. conrad describes it as a twisting snake with its head in the atlantic ocean and its tail buried deep in africa's heart.