stanleyville known as the inner station. the congo river stretches across the country's middle.onrad describes it as a twisting snake with its head in the atlantic ocean and its tail buried deep in africa's heart. to europeans it was a natural route to transport slaves, ivory, rubber, minerals. the commodities upon which modern day brussels and antwerp are built. for the congolese both before and after the belbelgians, it provided more basic things -- water to wash, clean your clothes in, cook with, to drink. also fishing. since long before the expeditions of dr. livingston and henry mortan stanley the tribe has been fishing the river in unique fashion. highly coordinated and acrobatic, they dive into the treacherous rapids of what is still referred to as stanley falls. they navigate down stream between baskets that need tending. perched on a precarious network of wooden poles, they hoist together. the catch these days? not much. >> so it is the second biggest falls in the congo river. >> ogie is a fisherman and was a guide, bringing tourists to his village. since the last two w