"Kinshasa, megalopolis: the multitude and diversity, the colours of the day and the noise of the night. This is the popular genius I came here to see, and I am not disappointed. For a long time now, our relationship with Kinshasa has been one of unrest and misery, corruption and war, Mobutu's dictatorship and Kabila's assassination. Yet it is, despite or because of these real vicissitudes, probably the most creative city on the African continent. " Excerpt from Titouan au Congo, Éditions Gallimard 2001.