Masisi-Lubutu revolt

1944 Belgian Congolese revolt
Masisi-Lubutu revolt
Part of Belgian Congo in World War II
DateSpring 1944
Location
Kivu, Belgian Congo
Caused byBelgian authority's taxation and communal labor policies
Parties
Congolese
Belgian colonizers

In 1944, an uprising took place in Kivu in the eastern Belgian Congo. The cause of the revolt lay in Belgian authority's taxation and communal labor policies, which the Watchtower Movement denounced as ungodly.[1] The revolt, which took place in spring, was a "bitter showdown" and resulted in hundreds of Black and three white people killed. The leader of the revolt was hanged.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Stearns, Jason (2012). "North Kivu: The background to conflict in north Kivu province in eastern Congo" (PDF). refworld.org. p. 14.
  2. ^ Williams, Susan (2016-08-09). "Chapter 12 - The Cutout". Spies in the Congo: America's Atomic Mission in World War II. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-61039-655-4.
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