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Word: kongo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Abako Party and other native groups announced a boycott of territorial elections, the first step in De Schrijver's plan for a slow evolution. As nervous Belgian officials sent wives and children off on "holidays"' in nearby Portuguese Angola, Abako's party organ Notre Kongo issued a warning of trouble to come. "The hour of testing has arrived. The aliens will try to install a new regime that will be no change from the old . . . They will kill if Congolese are not careful. From the 18th to the 31st of December, you will immediately go home every...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AFRICA: Bumps in Freedom Road | 12/28/1959 | See Source »

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