Savorgnan de Brazza mausoleum

On my first full day in Brazzaville, I was fortuitously on the airwaves thanks to the opening of a multi-million dollar mausoleum for Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, the colonial explorer whose name was given to the Congolese capital (and which remains there to this day). The government said the investment was a fitting tribute to a rare enlightened colonial era pioneer. Critics said it was a white elephant project that was a waste of scarce resources, while others said it was really a Masonic temple. Whatever the case, it is an interesting place to visit (and free) though I hardly ever saw any other visitors there.