BY: JARED LUCAS

AN UMBRELLA-LIKE FOREST COVERING.

ELECTRICITY GENERATED BY FLOWING WATER.

CAN CAUSE A DEADLY DISEASE CALLED SLEEPING SICKNESS.

THE WIDESPREAD CUTTING OF TOO MUCH TREES.

THEY BEGAN TO INDUSTRIALIZE AND THEY HAD LESS ON FARMING.

WITH ITS LONG TONGUE, IT CAN PULLS LEAVES OFF THE BRANCH OF YOUNG TREES.

THE MARKETPLACE IN KINSHASA IS BUSTLING WITH ACTIVITY.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA WON ITS INDEPENDENCE IN 1968.

MORE THAN HALF OF THE CONGO'S & GABON'S PEOPLE FARM SMALL PLOTS OF LAND.

CAMEROON FARM FOR A LIVING.

THE COUNTRIES OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IS FRENCH.

THE CONGO REGION WAS FIRST SETTLED ABOUT 10,000 YEARS AGO.

ZAIRE BECAME THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IN 2002.

1/4TH THE SIZE OF USA.

THE MAIN RECOURSES OF THE CONGO'S PEOPLE IS DIAMONDS.

THEN A CIVAL WAR BROKE OUT IN THE LATE 1990'S.

THE GOLD MEDAL IN MEN'S SOCCER WENT TO CAMEROON'S TEAM.

A ROW OF THATCH HOUSES STANDS IN VILLAGES.

THEY WERE SUCCESSFUL FARMERS, HERDERS, METALWORKERS, ARTISANS & MERCHANTS.