on these shelves. so what happened here? did the place stay open? did people continue to do research? [ speaking foreign language ] >> anthony: right. when independence comes, what happens here? >> anthony: so unless i'm mistaken, the gentleman just said that cutting edge research moved to burundi and elsewhere. the congolais who, who remained -- >> horeb: remained. >> anthony: their mission, all these years later, has been to preserve the patrimony that existed. all this was state of the art back in the '50s when the library was built. but for 20 years, there hasn't been electricity to run the dehumidifiers to keep out the damp. through so many wars, through