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June 24th 2010

Published: June 24th 2010

Thursday, June 24, 2010 I've returned from my trip to the DRC. My purpose in returning to the DRC was to see places I remembered from my youth. I was only 11 years old when our family left the Congo. Reality generally reflected my memory except everything seemed smaller or shrunken which is to be expected. Here are places I lived, schools I attended, trees I climbed, and scenes I remember fro... Read Full Entry

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Palm tree and Congo sunsets

The basketball court at Kinshasa

Where the Condors played.

The Baptist hostel

My home for three years.

TASOL

The American School of Leopoldville old campus.

Recreating a yearbook photo

TASOK

The American School of Kinshasa new campus.

Sim's Chapel front

Sim's Chapel interior

Sim's Chapel rear

Singing at Sim's Chapel

Our last house in the Congo

The mighty Congo River

Congo River scene

Pirogue on Congo River

Stanley's statue

This was mounted on a hill overlooking Stanley Pool Congo River. Mobutu had it removed. Plans are in the works to reinstall it at the National Museum housed in Mobutu's former residence.

25th June 2010

Glenbo
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Landmarks and memories!
Thanks for the memories! What great photos! They take me back more than 40 years. The water tower in Nsona Mpangu, the house there, the hill behind the Swedish mission, the basketball court where the Condors played, the hostel where I broke my arm, the building where I went to 2nd grade, etc.

24th September 2010

JIM LOVE MABENGI
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NOSTALGIA
Thanks for these pictures to remind me again Nsona Mpangu It is the mission School where I got my secondary diploma.My God bless you.When I saw those pictures,I remembered the soccer player stadium and the church where I was a singer in choir named Chorale Centrale de Nsona Mpangu later ''Grand Choeur''. JIM LOVE M.

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