Timeline of Kinshasa

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

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19th century[]

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Early history pre–1876
Kingdom of Kongo 1390–1914
Kingdom of Luba 1585–1889
Kingdom of Lunda 1600–1887
Kingdom of Kuba 1625–1884
Kingdom of Chokwe 1800–1891
Kingdom of Yeke 1856–1891
Colonization 1876–1960
International African Association 1876–1879
International Association of the Congo 1879–1885
Congo Free State 1885–1908
Belgian Congo 1908–1960
Independence post–1960
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) 1960–1971
Zaire 1971–1997
First Congo War 1996–1997
Second Congo War 1998–2003
Transitional Government 2003–2006
See also: Years
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  • v
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  • 14th -18th Century Kongo Kingdom reigned victorious throughout the land
  • 1881 - Léopoldville founded as a trading post by Henry Morton Stanley of the UK.
  • 1885 - Town becomes part of Congo Free State.[1][2]
  • 1898 - Matadi–Kinshasa Railway built.

20th century[]

1900s-1950s[]

1960s-1990s[]

  • 1960
  • 1961 - American School founded.
  • 1962
  • 1963
  • 1964
    • City becomes capital of Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    • Hotel Memling built.
    • Banque du Congo headquartered in city.[3]
  • 1965 - Centre d'etudes pour l'action sociale established.[citation needed]
  • 1966 - Léopoldville renamed "Kinshasa."[14]
  • 1967
    • September: Organisation of African Unity summit held.
    • National Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art established.
  • 1969
    • Kinshasa International Fair begins.
    • Zaiko Langa Langa musical group formed.
  • 1971
    • City becomes capital of Republic of Zaire.
    • Office National des Transports headquartered in city.
    • Inter Continental hotel in business.
  • 1972 - École d'Informatique d'Électronique founded.[citation needed]
  • 1974
    • September: Zaire 74 music festival held.
    • 30 October: The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match held.[15]
    • Population: 2,008,352.[16]
  • 1975 - Sozacom building constructed.[17]
  • 1976 - Voix du Zaire broadcasting complex[13] and BCZ building constructed.[17]
  • 1977 - Zekete-zekete musical style developed.[7]
  • 1979 - Palais du Peuple built.
  • 1981 - University of Kinshasa established.[9]
  • 1982 - Le Potentiel newspaper begins publication.[3][18]
  • 1984 - Population: 2,664,309.[19]
  • 1985 - Meeting of the Association Internationale des Maires Francophones held in city.
  • 1988 - Madiaba musical style developed.[7]
  • 1989
  • 1990 - Population: 3,564,000 (urban agglomeration).[20]
  • 1991
    • Fundu Kota becomes governor.
    • September: "Riots...by unpaid soldiers."[11][21]
    • October: Anti-Mobutu demonstrations.[22]
  • 1992 - Kibabu Madiata Nzau becomes governor, succeeded by Bernardin Mungul Diaka.
  • 1994
  • 1996
  • 1997
  • 1998
  • 1999 - United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo headquartered in Kinshasa.
  • 2000 - Population: 5,611,000 (urban agglomeration).[20]

21st century[]

  • 2001
  • 2002
    • David Nku Imbié becomes governor.
    • Lola ya Bonobo animal sanctuary located near city.
  • 2004
    • March: Coup attempt.[11]
    • May: Jean Kimbunda becomes governor.
  • 2005
  • 2006
    • Post-election unrest.[26]
    • Baudoin Liwanga becomes governor.
  • 2007
    • March: Conflict between Bemba supporters and government forces.[11][27]
    • 16 March: André Kimbuta becomes governor.
    • City website online (approximate date).[28][chronology citation needed]
  • 2010 - 2 June: Activist Floribert Chebeya killed.[11]
  • 2011 - 27 February: Coup attempt.
  • 2012
    • October: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie summit held.
    • Population: 9,046,000.
  • 2013 - 30 December: December 2013 Kinshasa attacks by supporters of religious leader Mukungubila.[11]
  • 2014
  • 2015 - January: 2015 Congolese protests.[30]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Henry Phillips, Jr. (1889). "An Account of the Congo Independent State". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 26.
  2. ^ Muriel E. Chamberlain (2013) [1998]. "Chronology of Decolonisation: the French Empire: French Equatorial Africa". Longman Companion to European Decolonisation in the Twentieth Century. Routledge. p. 163+. ISBN 978-1-317-89744-6.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Democratic Republic of the Congo: Directory". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. ISBN 1857431839.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Mwana Mboka (ed.). "Kinshasa Then and Now (blog)". Retrieved 30 September 2014 – via Blogspot.
  5. ^ "Kinshasa – national capital, Democratic Republic of the Congo". britannica.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  6. ^ Gary Stewart (2003). Rumba on the River: A History of the Popular Music of the Two Congos. Verso. ISBN 978-1-85984-368-0.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Ruth M. Stone, ed. (2010). Garland Handbook of African Music (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-90001-4.
  8. ^ Jesse Samba Wheeler (2005), "Rumba Lingala as Colonial Resistance", Image & Narrative, 10, ISSN 1780-678X – via Internet Archive Free to read
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b "Université de Kinshasa". Southern African Regional Universities Association. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  10. ^ "Congo arrest over missing uranium". BBC News. 8 March 2007.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Democratic Republic of Congo Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  12. ^ "Kinshasa (Congo) Newspapers". WorldCat. US: Online Computer Library Center. Retrieved 22 February 2013.
  13. ^ Jump up to: 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.
  14. ^ Didier Gondola (2002). "Timeline of Historical Events". History of Congo. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-31696-8.
  15. ^ Quintard Taylor (ed.), "Kinshasa, Congo", BlackPast.org, retrieved 30 September 2014
  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.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b Pain 1984.
  18. ^ "Kinshasa (Congo) -- Newspapers". Global Resources Network. Chicago, US: Center for Research Libraries. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  19. ^ United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis, Statistics Division (1997). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1995 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 262–321.
  20. ^ Jump up to: a b c "The State of African Cities 2010: Governance, Inequalities and Urban Land Markets". United Nations Human Settlements Programme. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-06-17.
  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
  25. ^ "Congo leader Kabila 'killed'". The Guardian. UK. 17 January 2001.
  26. ^ Andreas Mehler; et al., eds. (2007). "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Africa Yearbook: Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2006. Koninklijke Brill. p. 236+. ISBN 978-90-04-20556-7.
  27. ^ "DRC". Global Voices Online. 23 March 2007.
  28. ^ "Ville de Kinshasa - Le Site officiel" (in French). Archived from the original on 27 September 2007 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
  29. ^ James Gallagher (2 October 2014). "Aids: Origin of pandemic 'was 1920s Kinshasa'". BBC.
  30. ^ "Congo's #Telema protests", The Guardian, UK, 21 January 2015
This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia.

Bibliography[]

in English[]

  • Okwui Enwezor, ed. (2002). Under Siege: Four African Cities, Freetown, Johannesburg, Kinshasa, Lagos. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz [de]. ISBN 978-3-7757-9090-1. Documenta11 + website
  • Paul Tiyambe Zeleza; Dickson Eyoh, eds. (2003). "Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo". Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History. Routledge. ISBN 0415234794.
  • Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, ed. (2005). "Kinshasa". Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517055-9.
  • Kevin Shillington, ed. (2005). "Kinshasa". Encyclopedia of African History. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 978-1-57958-245-6.
  • Pascal Kapagama; Rachel Waterhouse (2009), Portrait of Kinshasa: A City on (the) Edge, London: Crisis States Research Centre – via International Relations and Security Network Free to read
  • Filip De Boeck (2010), Spectral Kinshasa: building the city through an architecture of words, Uppsala: Nordic Africa Institute

in French[]

External links[]

  • Flickr. Kinshasa in the '70s (set of photos)
  • "(Kinshasa)". Directory of Open Access Journals. UK. (Bibliography of open access open access articles)
  • "(Kinshasa)" – via Europeana. (Images, etc.)
  • "(Kinshasa)" – via Digital Public Library of America. (Images, etc.)
  • "(Kinshasa)". Internet Library Sub-Saharan Africa. Germany: Frankfurt University Library. (Bibliography)
  • "(Kinshasa)". Connecting-Africa. Leiden, Netherlands: African Studies Centre. (Bibliography)
  • "(Kinshasa)". AfricaBib.org. (Bibliography)
  • "(Kinshasa)". Mukanda: ressources documentaires sur l'Afrique centrale (in French). France: University of Lorraine. (Bibliography)
  • "(Kinshasa)". Contemporary History Library Catalogue. Belgium: Royal Museum for Central Africa. (Bibliography) (see also "Leopoldville")

Images[]

  • Kinshassa village, circa 1912

  • View of Kinshasa, 1972

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

  • View of Kinshasa, 2009

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