It is the city center's main transport artery, connecting the southern area of La Gombe with Kintambo and the Ngaliema to the west.

In Kinshasa's urban history, the city evolved from the Belgian Congo settlement founded by Henry Morton Stanley in 1881 at Léopoldville (Kintambo-Ngaliema), situated to the west of the downtown area.

[1][2][3] However, a subsequent settlement emerged just a few kilometers upstream at Chief Ntsuvila's village of Nshasha (Kinshasa commune-Gombe commune).

[11] World War II temporarily altered these plans, but by 1942, the boulevard had extended to Avenue du Port (the intersection at the current Grand Poste).

Parenthetically, the city's governor stated that Bokassa Avenue, where several issues have arisen, will undergo complete rehabilitation shortly, with the necessary means already available.