A Congolese speeches to the crowd during the uprising in Léopoldville (Kinshasa) in January 1959

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19th century Congo river map of planned railroad and road construction work, with contemporary georeferenced Allmaps layer (National Archives 2 - Joseph Cuvelier repository, Ministry of Colonies, Cartothèque, provisory no. 1448). © State Archives

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