Manyanga
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Manyanga was a staging post on the route from the coast to Léopoldville during the days of the Congo Free State. It was at the upper end of a navigable reach of the Congo River from Isangila, further
The River Congo seen from the plateau at Manyanga
Victor Harou
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Victor Eugène Jules Harou was a Belgian soldier and explorer.
Manyanga
…took the steamers En Avant and Royal up the navigable stretch of the river to Manyanga, where Stanley started to build a post, which he entrusted to Victor Harou. He charged Charles-Marie de Braconnier with building a road from Manyanga to the mouth of the Lufu River, bypassing the Ntombo-Mataka falls. In May…
Harou from Le Congo en images, raconté aux enfants. Histoire, habitants, mœurs, civilisation, portraits des explorateurs, etc (1896)