Congo (122 page)

    ethnic organizations in, 175

    ethnic violence in, 411

    and First Republic, 265

    Gendarmerie Katangaise, 295

    and independence, 253, 264

    industrial capitalism in, 125

    and Lumumba’s death, 310

    mining in, 119, 120, 121–26, 444, 526–27, 529

    nuclear technology in, 190

    political parties in, 252–53, 254

    and railroad, 122–23

    rough capitalism in, 527–28

    secession (1960–63), 282, 294–98, 301, 302, 305–6, 310–18, 371

    as Shaba, 332, 366–67

    slave trade of, 80

    strikes in, 191–94, 205

    UN intervention in, 315–16

    workers’ camps in, 164–65

Katangan Tigers, 371, 425, 436

Katondolo, Sekombi and Katya, 513–15, 518–19

Katsua, Masika, 460–62

Katumba Mwanke, Augustin, 509

Katumbi, Moïse, 508

Kaunda, Kenneth, 245

Kavundiji, 161

Kawang, Didace, 377

Kayser, Lutz, 366

Kazhakstan, trading networks, 457

Kelenge, Matemu a (Mundele Funji; White Storm), 162–63

Kengo wa Dondo, Léon, 391, 410, 416, 425, 430

Kennedy, John F., 316, 318, 319

Kenya, 183

Khakism, 153

Khonde Mpolo, Dominique, 493

Khrushchev, Nikita, 299–300, 301

Kiamuangana, Georges (Verckys), 333

Kibwe, Jean-Baptiste, 307, 308

Kigeri, king of Rwanda, 271

Kikongo, 215, 233

Kikwit, 14, 126, 159–61

Kilo-Moto, gold mines, 120, 125, 164, 455, 511

Kimba, Évariste, 281, 329, 336, 339, 342, 410

Kimbangu, Simon, 88, 89, 142–51, 152, 154, 162, 168, 192, 209, 220, 260, 294, 307

Kimbanguism, 142–44, 147–48, 151–55, 157, 175, 355, 384

Kimbangu Kiangani, Papa Simon, 143–44

Kim Il-sung, 355, 364

Kimuenza mission, 72–73

King, B. B., 235, 348

King, Don, 347

King, Martin Luther, 273, 391

Kinshasa, 4–5, 14, 15–16, 117–18

    author’s visits to, 98–100

    Chinese embassy in, 534–35

    dance music in, 213

    elegance in, 212

    First and Second Plundering, 409

    as Léopoldville,
see
Léopoldville

    markets in, 24, 67

    orchestra in, 144

    population of, 117, 164, 207, 336–37

    prison of, 463–65

    protests in, 401–3

    public hangings in, 335–37, 339–40, 507

    public services, 433–34

    
radio-trottoir
in, 387

    Rwandan invasion of, 429–31

    station established at, 49–51, 52, 63

    street children of, 478, 484, 492

    violence in, 506–7

Kintambo mission, 71

Kintondo, 146

Kisangani, 15, 332, 340, 451

    diamond trading in, 450, 456

    Rwandan conquest of, 425, 522

    as Stanleyville,
see
Stanleyville

Kisantu mission, 74

Kisase Ngandu, André, 418, 435

Kisema Kinzundi, Oscar, 354

Kisolokele, Charles, 294

Kitadi, André, 129, 182, 185–88, 199–200, 346

Kitawala, 153, 175, 192, 193–94, 270, 324

Kitenge, Ambroise, 160

Kitenge, Gabriel, 307

Kitona, air base in, 190

Kivu, 14, 193–94, 523

    ethnic violence in, 411–13, 442, 472

    mines in, 15, 193, 456

    and Second Congo War, 442, 471, 472, 473

    women’s movement in, 446

Kiziamina-Kibila, Pastor, 492

kleptocracy, 381

Kolonga, Jamais, 219–24, 225, 229, 239, 258, 267–71, 274, 288, 300–301, 329–30, 357, 381, 463, 495

Kolosoyi, Wendo, 168, 215–16, 348, 434

Kongo Empire, 21–22, 506

Kongo ethnic group, 13

Kony, Joseph, 459, 524

Korean War, 234, 298, 346

Kudjabo, Albert, 138, 178, 179

Kutino, Fernando, 489–91, 493–94, 496

Kwango, 60, 159, 163

Kwilu, 14, 264, 341

Kyungu wa Kumwanza, Gabriel, 411

Labwe, Riza, 475–76

Ladawa, Bobi, 380, 400

Lahout, Julien, 274

Lake Albert, 525

Lake Edward, 17

Lake Kivu, 132, 350, 525

Lake Malawi, 59

Lake Tanganyika, 12, 32, 33, 34, 36, 132–33, 134, 323

La Kéthulle, Raphaël de, 173–74, 210, 223, 237, 261

La Kéthulle de Ryhove, Henri de, 173–75

Lake Victoria, 34, 36, 59

La Synergie des Femmes, 460–62, 476

League of Nations, 139

Lee, Rev. Dr. Jaerock, 491

Lelo, Patou, 548–50

Lema, Joseph, 86, 222

Leo XIII, Pope, 72

Leopold II, king of Belgium, 102, 243

    and AIA, 41, 51, 54–55

    and AIC, 54–55, 58

    and atrocities, 93–94, 104, 395

    and CEHC, 50

    and colony of Congo, 11, 39–41, 51–54, 87, 271, 393

    and Congo Free State, 55, 57–60, 63, 78–80, 94, 97, 125

    as constitutional monarch, 58

    death of, 105

    expansionism of, 50–51, 59–60, 80, 81, 87

    finances of, 79, 87–88, 105

    and Force Publique, 77, 83

    and free trade, 53, 54, 60, 67, 78, 79, 86–87, 262

    and imperialism, 60–61, 88

    and investigative committee, 97–98

    lasting influence of, 104

    and missionaries, 72, 73, 75

    and natural resources, 118

    profits sought by, 50, 61, 87, 94, 95–96, 97

    promises of, 78–80

    and slave trade, 39, 62, 78, 80, 94

    and Stanley, 41, 44, 49, 50–52, 53, 58–59, 81

Leopold III, king of Belgium, 182

Léopoldville, 117, 164, 167–68

    as capital, 61, 210–11, 284, 325

    culture in, 166, 213, 230

    elections, 238, 241, 264

    as Kinshasa,
see
Kinshasa

    Maison des Blancs, 210–11

    racial legends in, 193

    sports in, 172–73, 174, 210, 237

    violence in, 194, 237–38, 248–49, 255, 401

Les Belges, 176

Lessie, Pastor Denis, 489

Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul von, 131

Lever, William, 126–27, 146

Ley, Tabu (Rochereau), 348, 353, 388, 477, 496

Leysen, Luc, 217

Libya, 183, 186, 187, 439, 445

Lincoln, Abraham, Gettysburg Address, 273

Lingala, 15–16, 77, 215, 230

Lisanga, Pauline, 212–13

Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, 95, 106

Livingstone, David, 32, 33–34

Livingstone Inland Mission, 47, 48

Lomami Tshibamba, Paul, 170–72, 216

Lomboto, Nkusu, 89–90

Lombume, Vincent, 335

Lord’s Resistance Army, 524

Lualaba River, 32, 34

Luanda, 59

Luba migrants, 411

Lubanga, Thomas, 473

Lubumbashi, 15, 123, 428–29, 507, 508

Luiswishi cobalt mine, 527

Lukudu, 83

Lukunga mission, 48, 116

Lukusu movement (snake sect), 154

Luliba, Ruffin, 395, 465

    and First Congo War, 428–32

    as Kabila’s bodyguard, 428–29, 445

    kidnapping of, 416–17, 418, 428

    as prisoner of war, 421–22

    and Rwandan invasion, 418–22

    visit to parents’ home, 431–32

Lulua, 175, 302

Luluabourg, Constitution of, 319–20, 404–5

Lumbala, Roger, 453, 467

Lumbeeck, Walter and Alice, 313, 314–15, 318

Lumbi, Pierre, 528

Lumoso, Thomas Masamba, 136

Lumumba, Patrice, 242–45

    arrest and murder of, 104, 281, 283, 304–5, 306–10, 311, 315, 321, 338, 465

    attempts on life of, 304–5, 310

    and constitutional crisis, 303–5

    as defense minister, 302, 470

    and elections, 263–65, 272, 337, 410

    and First Republic, 262–65, 283, 284–85, 294–95, 299–300, 302–3

    and Force Publique, 285, 286–87, 288

    and independence, 260, 262, 263, 264, 265

    legacy of, 284, 325, 372, 391, 392, 435

    as martyr, 309, 338, 343