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D.R. of Congo: new travel guide

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, D.R. of Congo, Travel

Extra Extra interviews the author of a new travel guide [1] to the Democratic Republic of Congo, “Visiting in the 1920’s, Grace Flandrau may have been unimpressed by the cuisine, but she had fewer difficulties getting around Ituri than she would if she could return today. The likes of Joseph Conrad, Mobotu, Mohammad Ali and Franco may have helped keep the Congo/Zaire on the map internationally, but it has never been much of a tourist destination.”