Nationalist politician Lumumba became an anti-colonial icon when he gave a fiery speech against racism on independence day on June 30, 1960. He then became Congo's first post-colonial prime minister.

The day after the mutiny, Katanga seceded under the leadership of Moïse Tshombe, an independence fighter and prime minister of the Congo-Kinshasa province from July 1964 to October 1965.

How the West Destroyed Congo’s Hopes for Independence Story by Andrée Blouin • 1mo A ndrée Blouin (1921–1986) ... In Léopoldville, on the eve of independence, out of a population of ...

Cha cha cha, Spaak Papa, Welcome like in good old day, Cha cha cha ... Belgians still living and working in the Congo (compared with 100,000 before independence). Brussels is eager to re-establish ...

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events ... The actual independence day was a mixture of huge excitement and bad temper on the part of the former colonial power.

Independence for Congo followed a strange course of events ... The actual independence day was a mixture of huge excitement and bad temper on the part of the former colonial power.