Victor Harou
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Victor Eugène Jules Harou was a Belgian soldier and explorer.
Harou from Le Congo en images, raconté aux enfants. Histoire, habitants, mœurs, civilisation, portraits des explorateurs, etc (1896)
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
Victor Harou
…stopped at Ntombe-Mataka, where Braconnier and Nève stayed while Stanley and Harou continued northeast looking for a suitable place to found the new Manyanga post. They found a platform that dominated the river, where they laid the foundation of the post in May 1881. Local people arrived and objected, but…
The River Congo seen from the plateau at Manyanga