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Some 2,000,000 citizens of the Belgain Congo were in the throes of their first election. Voters did not seem to think that balloting was enough. Spear-carrying Baluba tribesmen chased Luluas through the streets of Léopoldville. One angry group descended on a police post and stoned the cops. In five weeks of electioneering, 57 people were dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIAN CONGO: Democracy with Spears | 5/30/1960 | See Source »

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