6. The peoples of the Eastern Congo meet travellers and explorers

In this episode we cover the mid 16th to early 19th century to
relay the first meetings between the Arab-Swahili traders and the
peoples living in today's Eastern Congo.   These traders
travelled thousands of kilometres inland from the coast, and the
languages and cultures began to fuse.  Some trade was
conducted but without established norms of relations hostility
could always emerge from misunderstandings.   
   At the end of the episode we meet some new
peculiarities.  Amidst the turmoil the first European
explorers and missionaries, including David Livingstone,
precariously wandered the lands...