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Nsaku ne Vunda (a title in use in about the 14th century) was not only the title of a chief, but also the name of...
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Nkongolo, a Luba folk hero, (who may have lived in the earlier 16th century), was the legendary Mulopwe (chief) who supposedly laid the first foundations...
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Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger (1894- 1980), née Hodgson, was an outspoken advocate of African rights, represented Africans in the South African Parliament, and was a...
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Albert Thys (November 28, 1849-February 10, 1915), a Belgian military officer, directed the planning, financing, and construction of the first railroad in the Congo Free...
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The Abbé Tara Placide (circa 1930-January 7, 1971) was caught up in the 1963 uprising of Pierre Mulele in the Kwilu area of the Congo (now...
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James Charles Ernest Parkes (1861-August 10, 1899) was head of the Department of Native Affairs during the period of preparation for the British Protectorate, declared...
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Aaron Sims (182-1922), a Scottish missionary doctor, was a pioneer worker for the Livingstone Inland Mission (L.I.M.) and the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (A.B.F.M.S.)...
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Shyaam aMbul aNgoong (ruled circa 1625-1640) is remembered as the founder of Kuba civilisation. Living east of the confluence of the Sankuru and Kasai rivers,...
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Semopa Bavon (circa 1885-March 1, 1933) is remembered as the black apostle of the Giri river region. For 25 years he served as the chief...
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Pierre Marie Joseph Ryckmans (November 26, 1891-February 18, 1959), governor-general of the Belgian Zaire (now Congo), and of Ruanda-Urundi (now the separate countries of Rwanda...
