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Nov 4, 2023 · Kinshasa ; French: [kinʃasa]; Lingala: Kinsásá), formerly named Léopoldville before 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the C...
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Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the country's largest city and Africa's third-largest metropolitan area after Cairo and Lagos. It is located on the...
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Aug 1, 2022 · Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo became the largest city in Africa in 2022, just beating out Lagos, Nigeria.
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- A Sanctuary’s Birth
- The Bonobo Brain
- Conservation Through Community
- Conservation Through Education
- Conservation Through Rehabilitation
- Going Home
The founder of Lola ya Bonobo, Claudine Andre, arrived in Kinshasa from Belgium at a young age with her veterinarian father. As she recounts on theLola website: “My first school was the forest.” She spent her childhood surrounded by and committed to nature. As an adult in 1993, when a young bonobo arrived at the city zoo at which she volunteered, t...
A quick visit to the sanctuary reveals the bonobos’ extraordinary intelligence, an aptitude that has been witnessed many times by those dedicated to caring for the animals. “We realized they can understand three languages,” exclaims the resident veterinarian Raphaël Belais like a proud father. The animals, he says, respond to “French, English and L...
A short motorbike ride away from Lola is the community of Mamfufu. Here, residents weed and water their small gardens with no visible connection to the bonobos nor the sanctuary. These gardens are, however, an essential piece in the sanctuary’s community engagement strategy. “Conservation does not work if you are only thinking about the animals,” e...
One of the most influential and effective ways in which Lola has engaged with the community is through its educational programs; as many as 20,000 school children visit the sanctuary annually to learn about the bonobos. Susie Katwenda, Lola’s biologist and a researcher, has worked with the sanctuary for eleven years and is one of the notable person...
Visitors to the sanctuary are often reminded of the genetic similarities our two species share, especially when they see how newly arrived bonobo orphans relate to their human foster mothers, who care for the animals until they are ready for introduction to their fellow bonobos. Their morning rituals together are fascinating and fun to watch. The b...
It is late afternoon at the sanctuary. Insects buzz through the heavy humidity as the sun becomes less intense and the forest begins to darken. A troupe of bonobos has gathered near the river, awaiting the sugarcane treats about to be distributed by Jean Claude Nzumbe, one of Lola’s oldest and most experienced caretakers. Jean Claude’s connection t...
Kinshasa (; French: [kinʃasa]; Lingala: Kinsásá), formerly named Léopoldville until 30 June 1966, is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of the world's fastest-growing megacities.
Oct 30, 2019 · Several African cities have become veritable urban giants. Lagos and Cairo are each home to more than 20 million people, while others like Kinshasa, Luanda, and Dar es Salaam continue to grow at breakneck speed. The way these major cities grow will have tremendous impacts on future development in Africa.
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Feb 14, 2017 · Video. Modern day Kinshasa and the realities of life in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
