What the Congo was...
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What the Congo was...
To be honest with you I had no idea of what the Congo was
except that I knew it was in Africa and what to expect
when we got there. First of all I expected to see a whole
bunch of grass huts, you know villages and so on. I had no
idea what there would be there and in Leopoldville, it was
like if you saw pictures of a mural. I mean they had
buildings and houses were in better shape than what we had.
And I said you know what’s this?
But then it changes and outside of the city or Leopoldville
it’s a little different. It’s just day and night.
The first week or so it was very difficult. Here we are
eating proper meals and you had natives gawking at you
and it was difficult because you felt like maybe giving
some, but the thing is you couldn’t do that because if you
throw to one then you have to give to all. They would take
and be just like a riot. So the thing is that you put in your
mind I’m here to do a job and that was it.
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