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Elikia M'Bokolo. History of the Congo. Luba, Kuba, Lunda and Kongo Kingdoms

The historian Elikia M'Bokolo was born in Kinshasa, DR Congo (Central Africa)

1. 200,000 years: archaeological sites of Mulundwa (Katanga)
2. Primitive population: the Pygmies
3. 2nd millennium BC: Bantu migrations
4. Middle Ages (end): Luba, Kuba, Lunda and Kongo Kingdoms
5. Contacts with the Europeans
6. From fifteenth to nineteenth century: Slave Trade; slavery
7. 1885: Colonisation (Leopold II of Belgium)
   1. The colony as a personal and private possession of the Belgian King
8. 1908 - 1960: Belgian Congo
9. 1960: Independence (Belgium)
   1. President: Joseph Kasa-Vubu
   2. Prime Minister: Patrice Lumumba
   3. DR Congo
10. 1960: independence of the State of Katanga (Lubumbashi)
11. 1961: Lumumba is killed (deported to Katanga by Mobutu)
    1. Recovery of Katanga
12. 1964 - 1971: the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
    1. Wars (500,000 dead)
    2. Mines Nationalisation (1966)
13. 1971: Republic of Zaire (zairianisation of the economy)
14. 1977 - 1978: Shaba wars
15. 1996 - 1997: First Congo War
16. 1977: The second Democratic Republic of the Congo
17. 1997 - 2001: Presidency of Laurent-Désiré Kabila
18. 1998 - 2002: Second Congo War
19. 2001 - 2003: Acting Government of Joseph Kabila
20. 2003 - 2006: Transitional Government
21. 2006: Presidency of Joseph Kabila

Democratic Republic of the Congo

1. Doctorate in African Business

More information: Trade and Business in the DR Congo, at EENI Global Business School Website.

1. Universities in the DR Congo
2. Transport and Logistics in the DR Congo

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