Congo (121 page)

    influence in Africa, 373, 531

    and Rwandan genocide, 414–15, 426

    and Stanley, 63

    territorial disputes with, 59

    Union Française, 203

    Vichy regime, 182, 186

Franck, Louis, 104

Franco (musician), 330, 348, 352–53, 357, 388, 477, 495

Franco, Francisco, 258

Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, 131

Frazier, Joe, 347

free trade, 37, 53–55, 60, 67, 78, 79, 96, 262, 379

French Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), 52

Fule, Monsieur, 547–48

Fund for Peace, 510

Gandhi, Mahatma, 248, 391, 403

Ganshof van der Meersch, W. J., 264

Garde Républicaine, 506–7

Garvey, Marcus, 150

Gat, Julien, 307, 308

Gazzera, Pietro, 183–84

Gbenye, Christophe, 320, 322–24, 341, 342

Gécamines (Générale des Carrières et des Mines), 345–46, 469, 511, 526, 528

Generale Maatschappij, 120, 262

genocide:

    defined, 95

    Rwanda, 413–16, 426, 437, 442, 521

Georges, in China, 538, 550–52

Germany:

    bargain rockets from, 366–67

    colonies of, 37, 52, 54, 57, 60, 130, 131, 138

    prisoners of war in, 178, 187–88

    trading networks, 457

    V-2, 366

    and World War I, 60

    and World War II, 178, 182–83, 187–88, 190–91

Gezelle, Guido, 174

Ghana, independence of, 245, 254

Gilson, Arthur, 246, 293

Giscard d’Estaing, Valéry, 373, 393

Gizenga, Antoine, 254, 276, 278, 305, 306, 309, 316, 320, 392, 500, 501, 502, 509

Glave, Edward J., 46, 67

globalization, 38, 457, 459, 471–72, 474–76, 526

    and multinationals, 482–86, 492, 511

Goffin, Louis, 86

gold, 15, 119, 125, 164, 193–94, 454–55, 471, 511

Goma, 14, 446, 451, 460, 475–76, 518

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 364

Great African War,
see
Second Congo War

Great Lakes, 15, 87

Grenfell, George, 47, 66, 68–70, 71–72, 76, 93, 94, 98, 100, 103

Greshoff, Anton, 68

Grévy, Jules, 57

Guangzhou, China:

    Congolese in, 537–55

    return to Congo from, 554–56

    Tianxiu Building (mall), 545–47, 548

Guevara, Che, 321, 328, 341, 418, 426, 445

Guinea-Bissau, 258

Guinea-Conakry, 245, 309

gunpowder, 25

Habyarimana, Juvénal, 414, 422

Haile Selassie, 183, 185

Hammarskjöld, Dag, 281, 297, 300, 301, 303, 316

Hassan, Prince (Morocco), 270

Haute Autorité des Médias, 496, 498

HCR-PT (Haut Conseil de la République–Parlement de Transition), 410

hecatomb, 95

Heimweh nach den Tropen
(documentary), 216–17

Heineken, 474, 476, 480, 481

Hemptinne, Félix de, 168, 182

Henault, Charly, 258–59

Henrique, Prince, 22

Héritier (singer), 480, 482

Hitler, Adolf, 195, 522

Hoare, “Mad Mike,” 325

Holocaust, 95

Holy Ghost, 142, 144–45

Hotel Rwanda
, 442

Huawei (telecom), 541

Hughes, William, 48, 64

Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB), 126, 146, 161

Hu Jintao, 528

Hulstaert, Gustaaf, 169

Human Rights Watch, 522

Humphrey, Hubert H., 343

Hunde people, 411

Hungary, 300

Hutus:

    and ethnic violence, 413–15, 418, 426, 437, 471, 472

    and FDLR, 516

    and Rwandan invasion, 421–24

    and Second Congo War, 443, 447, 473, 517

Idjwi, 133, 350

Ileo, Joseph, 223–24, 231, 281, 303, 315, 336, 410

Ilunga, Émile, 451

IMF (International Monetary Fund), 374–75, 376–79, 391, 396, 410, 512–13, 526, 531–32

Independent State of Congo, 11;
see also
Congo Free State

India:

    independence of, 233

    partnership with Congo, 532

Indonesia, 191, 233

industrial revolution, 36–38

influenza, 125, 139, 146, 164

Inga Dam, 344, 360, 367–68

Interahamwe, 414, 417, 424, 443, 447, 449

International Court of Justice, 473

International Criminal Court, 506, 518, 520, 523–24, 556

Iraq, 470, 510

Islam, 81

Israel, 340

Italy:

    colonies of, 37, 183

    and World War II, 187, 191

Ituri, 471, 473

ivory, 24, 31, 32, 47, 60, 67, 79, 80, 81, 87, 88, 98, 119, 389, 453–54, 457

Ivory Coast, 393

Izeidi, Roger, 330

Jadotville, 191, 234; as Likasi, 332

Janot, Narcisse, 118

Jansen, Camille, 63

Janssens, Émile, 285–87, 301

Japan:

    atomic bomb deployed in, 190

    trade with, 38

    and World War II, 189–91

Jeffries, Jim, 347

Jesuit missionaries, 22, 72–75, 261

Jeune Afrique
, 384, 391

Jia Xing, 527

Johnson, Jack, 347

Kabarebe, James, 419–20, 422, 428, 429, 431, 436, 439, 444

Kabasele (musician), 330, 477, 495

Kabasele, Joseph, 219, 221, 258–59

Kabila, Joseph, 11, 276, 428, 431, 467, 493, 500, 524

Kabila, Laurent-Désiré, 341, 431–32

    and China, 529, 530, 532, 534

    death of, 465–67

    and Democratic Republic of Congo, 11, 433–39

    and elections, 484, 501–4, 512, 513, 521

    international relations, 437–39, 475

    loss of support for, 434–39, 466, 497–98

    and Mai-mai, 443, 447–49

    opponents of, 493, 494

    as president, 494–96, 502–3

    and Rwandan invasion, 417–31

    and Second Congo War, 442, 444–49

    and Simbas, 322, 328

    and Third Republic, 505–9, 521, 524

    and transitional period, 467, 506

Kabongo Kalala, Zizi (Isidore), 349

    and Ali-Foreman match, 346–47, 360–62

    and First Republic, 333

    and Kabila, 436–37

    and Mobutu’s government, 333, 339, 344, 376, 384

    and napalm burns, 403

    and restrictions, 354, 394

    and television, 334–35, 353, 361–62, 368–69, 436–37

    and Zaire, 331–32, 388, 394

Kabuya, Martin, 83, 134–35, 139, 187–88

Kafuta, Sony “Rockman,” 489, 492, 493, 496, 498

Kagame, Paul, 414, 418, 419, 426, 438, 443, 450, 457, 467, 473, 516, 517, 524

Kakol (musician), 480, 482, 485

Kalonji, Albert, 302, 305–6

Kambove, 124, 125

Kamerhe, Vital, 508, 511

Kamitatu, Cléophas, 224, 254, 256, 277

Kango mission, 75

Kanza, Thomas, 223–24, 261, 265, 266, 291, 306, 404

Kaoze, Stefano, 115–16

Kapaya, Flamme, 480, 481–82

Kasai, 15, 87, 96, 251

    diamonds in, 14, 118, 125, 164, 167, 302, 305

    secession (1960), 302–3, 305, 309

Kasavubu, Joseph, 229–33, 236, 245, 268, 315, 435

    and Abako, 243, 251, 253, 254

    and Bakongo, 230, 232, 252

    and
Conscience Africaine
, 231–33

    and constitutional crisis, 303–5, 306

    death of, 337, 342

    and First Republic, 264, 265, 283, 294–95, 300, 301–2, 306, 307, 319–20, 321, 323, 324, 325, 330, 410

    and independence, 225, 233, 260, 264, 265

    as mayor of Dendale, 238–39, 248

    and military intervention, 294–95

    popular support for, 251

    as president, 265, 268, 271–72, 274–75, 283, 284, 325, 329, 502

    in prison, 251

    and round-table conference, 256

    supporters of, 283, 284, 305, 306

    UN telegrams from, 296–99

Kasenge, Paul, 346

Kashala, Oscar, 500

Katanga, 15, 58

    air base in, 190

    annexation of, 59, 60, 80, 119

    Chinese presence in, 526

    colonialism in, 313–15, 318

    Compagnie du Katanga, 87

    copper in, 118, 119, 122, 137, 313

    currency in, 127