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Le Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques, Bruxelles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

J. GÉrard-Libois
J. GÉrard-Libois
Affiliation:
C.R.I.S.P., Bruxelles
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When the first political troubles broke out in Léopoldville in January 1959, and the mobs demanded—for the first time violently and publicly—independence for the Congo, Brussels circles were the first to be surprised. Belgian specialists in colonial affairs did not even know of most of the parties thrust brusquely into the limelight: the Abako of Joseph Kasavubu, the Mouvement national congolais (M.N.C.) of Patrice Lumumba, and many ethno-political groups with their mystifying initials.

Type
Africana
Information
The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , December 1966 , pp. 529 - 530
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1966

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