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Expatriated Congolese Return To Start Anew

Expatriated Congolese Return To Start Anew

From CNN

Kinshasa hasn’t had an easy time of it. A decade ago, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo was a broken city, ravaged by years of war and infighting. Of late, however, Kinshasa has witnessed a resurgence, with many expatriated Congolese returning to build a new city.

“When I came back, people thought I was crazy. “[They would ask], ‘why would you go into a country where there is war? Where nothing is working? Why not stay in the States and make your life?'” says Joss Ilunga Dijimba, who returned to Kinshasa in 1996 after studying in America. Today, Dijimba runs his own eponymous business, manufacturing plastic bottles for the pharmaceutical industry.

“In the USA, everything has been done — everything. In Congo, there is still a way to make things right. I am a Congolese. If I’m not going to make it, who’s going to?”

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