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Brazzaville becomes capital of government-in-exile of France (Free France) during World War II. [7] October: De Gaulle visits city. [5] 1943 Bacongo arrondissement created. [4] Basilique Sainte-Anne-du-Congo de Brazzaville (church) construction begins. [6] 1944 Brazzaville Zoo opens. January: Meeting of government-in-exile of France held in ...
The Republic of the Congo, or simply Congo, [3] is a distinct country from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo. [18] Brazzaville's name derives from the colony's founder, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazzà, an Italian nobleman whose title referred to the town of Brazzacco, in the Italian comune of Moruzzo in Friuli Venezia ...
The French Congo began at Brazzaville on 10 September 1880 as a protectorate over the Bateke people along the north bank of the Congo River. [1] The treaty was signed between King Iloo I and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza ; Iloo I died the same year it was signed, but the terms of the treaty were upheld by his queen Ngalifourou . [ 2 ]
The earliest inhabitants of the region comprising present-day Congo were the Forest peoples whose Stone Age culture was slowly replaced by Bantu tribes. The main Bantu tribe living in the region were the Kongo, also known as Bakongo, who established mostly unstable kingdoms along the mouth, north and south, of the Congo River.
Downriver the Congo has numerous rapids, known as Livingston Falls, preventing navigation upriver to this point from its mouth at the Atlantic. Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is located on the southern bank of the Congo, directly across from Brazzaville. To distinguish between the two African countries that have ...
The Beembe (also Bembe, Babembe, Babeembe) are a Bantu people living in southern Congo-Brazzaville, precisely in Bouenza and in the cities of Brazzaville, Dolisie, and Pointe-Noire. It is a Kongo subgroup. The Beembe have some similar customs to the Kongo, which is what makes them a subgroup, but their art is what separates them apart.
A subgroup of the Kongo people, the Lari live in the communes of Brazzaville, the capital; and Pointe-Noire, and within the surrounding Pool Department. This subgroup was born in the 19th century. [1] where they constitute almost the entire population. There are an estimated 1.2 million Lari living in Congo. [citation needed]
Charles de Chavannes. Fortuné Charles de Chavannes, born 19 May 1853 in Lyon and died 7 February 1940 in Antibes, was a French colonial administrator.He accompanied Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza on the Mission de l'Ouest africain from 1883 to 1886, and participated in the exploration and establishment of French Congo.