DR Congo. The tightrope walkers of the Congo River

The Wagenya fishermen, custodians of an ancient art, brave the turbulent waters of the great Tshopo River on fragile wooden tripods. But the real danger comes from elsewhere: intensive fishing, declining tourism, and internal strife threaten a community already struggling with precarious conditions. The calm of the great river is abruptly interrupted near Kisangani, the […]