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Life Stories - A Podcast By Congo Kid
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Episode 33 – The Rwanda Genocide – A Refugee Camp Volunteer’s Perspective – 4-6-24
The Rwanda Genocide that occurred in 1994 was one of the most recent large-scale genocides inContinue readingEpisode 33 – The Rwanda Genocide – A Refugee Camp Volunteer’s Perspective – 4-6-24
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Short Stories (4) - Volume II
This episode contains four (4) Short Stories. The first one is telling the difference between “who you know” and “who knows you”. Which is better in life and in business?Continue readingEpisode 32 – Short Stories (4) – Volume II – 1-20-24
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Episode 31 – Teaching in a Congolese High School – 11-7-23
This episode is about teaching in a Congolese High School. The physical conditions of the classrooms, and lack of supplies and textbooks made the job extremely difficult for both theContinue readingEpisode 31 – Teaching in a Congolese High School – 11-7-23
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Episode 30 - The Gemena Gopher - 8-21-23
This episode is about a gopher. Not the little critters that tear up golf courses and your back yard, but a specific role that I played for 1 year asContinue readingEpisode 30 – The Gemena Gopher – 8-21-23
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Episode 29 – Death and Funeral Rituals – USA vs. D.R. Congo – 6-30-2023
Death, funerals, grieving and the associated rituals vary from culture to culture. This episode explores the differences and similarities as to how Americans handle end of life and grieving vs.Continue readingEpisode 29 – Death and Funeral Rituals – USA vs. D.R. Congo – 6-30-2023
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Episode 28 – Lake Kwada: The History, Story, and Legend – 1-8-23
This episode is the story of a special Lake in the NW corner of the D.R. Congo, Africa. It was called Lake Kwada. Kwada, in the Ngbandi tribal language meansContinue readingEpisode 28 – Lake Kwada: The History, Story, and Legend – 1-8-23
Customer Reviews
The kind of stories you can’t get anywhere else
Jeff’s stories about his life growing up in Congo are quite something. It’s cool to learn about a part of the world that so often we only get tiny glimpses. I specifically liked the episode on Congolese cuisine - there’s a whole continent of food that just never gets any attention here in the US so I enjoyed listening to the details about how the traditional dishes are prepared! It’s worth listening to for sure.
Great anecdotes
Really interesting stories; I've enjoyed them. As a note, if you're here for the history of Congo, know that this is history since 1885 (of course Congo has a long and storied history before then) from a specific perspective (white American Protestant missionary in the NW region). The part that he tells is great though! Like he says, Congo's wars and tragic humanitarian situation should be much more common knowledge.