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Image from DRC: Kobolo Humor

Written byAlice Backer

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Read this post in Malagasy, Ελληνικά
Posted 26 April 2006 16:51 GMT

Kobolo - Public Transportation DR of Congo
A Kobolo is a public transportation vehicle in the DRC. It is also the Congolese word for trunk. Photo courtesy Le Renouveau Congolais.

In a humorous photo essay, Le Renouveau Congolais lists (FR) all the different positions that make Kinshasa public transportation bearable.

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