Timeline of Kinshasa

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

19th century

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1900s-1950s

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See also

References

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  13. ^ a b Emizet Francois Kisangani; Scott F. Bobb (2009). Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (3rd ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6325-5.
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  16. ^ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1976). "Population of capital city and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1975. New York. pp. 253–279.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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  21. ^ "Thousands of Troops on Rampage of Looting and Violence in Zaire", New York Times, 24 September 1991
  22. ^ "Mobutu's Militia Confronts Protesters in Kinshasa". New York Times. 22 October 1991.
  23. ^ "Mobutu Gives Up, Leaving Kinshasa and Ceding Power". New York Times. 17 May 1997.
  24. ^ Kinshasa 'four days from starvation', BBC, 9 September 1998
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  30. ^ "Congo's #Telema protests", The Guardian, UK, 21 January 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography

in English

in French

  • "Léopoldville", L'État indépendant du Congo: documents sur le pays et ses habitants, Annales du Musée du Congo (in French), Brussels, 1904, hdl:2027/pst.000022332363 – via HathiTrust{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Marc Pain (1984). Kinshasa: la ville et la cité (in French). IRD Editions. ISBN 978-2-7099-0728-6.
  • Léon de Saint Moulin [in Lingala] (2010). Villes et organisation de l'espace en République Démocratique du Congo (in French). L'Harmattan. ISBN 978-2-296-25787-0. (Includes information about Kinshasa)
  • Futé, Petit (2012). "Histoire". Kinshasa. Le Petit Futé (in French). p. 30+. ISBN 9782746959279.

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    US official Kissinger visits zoo at president's palace, April 1976
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