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The following lists events that happened during 1931 in the Belgian Congo .
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The following lists events that happened during 1931 in the Belgian Congo .
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| Orgaman Group, a food production and distribution company, is founded. [1] | |
| L'Écho du Katanga is founded. [2] | |
| Rodolphe Dufour is appointed interim governor of Katanga Province. [3] | |
| 3 January | Mission sui juris of Bikoro is established |
| 1 April | Apostolic Vicariate of Kisantu formed from part of the Apostolic Vicariate of Koango |
| 1 July | Société des Chemins de Fer Vicinaux du Congo opens the line from Komba to Buta |
| September | Louis Postiaux (1882–1948) is appointed governor and deputy governor-general of Katanga Province. [4] |
| 21 November | First section of the Kivu Railway is inaugurated. [5] |
Kinshasa is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of the world's fastest-growing megacities. With an estimated population of 16 million residents, it's the most densely populated city in the DRC and the most populous city in Africa. It is Africa's third-largest metropolitan area and the leading economic, political, and cultural center of the DRC. It houses several industries, including low-tech manufacturing, such as such as plastic and foamwares, toilet paper, and bottled water, banking, and entertainment. The city also hosts some of DRC's significant institutional buildings, such as the Palais du Peuple, Palais de la Nation, Court of Cassation, Constitutional Court, Cité de l'Union Africaine, Palais de Marbre, Stade des Martyrs, Immeuble du Gouvernement, and multiple federal departments and agencies.
Kongo Central, formerly Bas-Congo is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Matadi.
Nicolas Kasanda wa Mikalay, popularly known as Docteur Nico, was a guitarist, composer and one of the pioneers of Congolese music. He was born in Mikalayi in the Belgian Congo. He graduated in 1957 as a technical teacher, but inspired by his musical family, he took up the guitar and in time became a virtuoso soloist.
Clémentine Faïk-Nzuji Madiya, is a Congolese poet and writer. She was born in Tshofa, Kabinda District in the Belgian Congo. Albert S. Gérard calls her "the first poet of real significance" among a group of African writers who emerged in the late 1960s; she was also the first female writer in the Belgian Congo.
Article 2 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo divides the country into the capital city of Kinshasa and 25 named provinces. It also gives the capital the status of a province. Therefore, in many contexts Kinshasa is regarded as the 26th province.
Lovanium University was a Catholic Jesuit university in Kinshasa in the Belgian Congo. The university was established in 1954 on the Kimwenza plateau, near Kinshasa. The university continued to function after independence until it was merged into the National University of Zaire in 1971. It can be considered an antecedent of the University of Kinshasa.
Antoine-Roger Bolamba, later Bolamba Lokolé J'ongungu, was a Congolese journalist, writer, and politician. He edited the monthly journal La Voix du Congolais from 1945 until 1959. He also served as Secretary of State for Information and Cultural Affairs of the Republic of the Congo in 1960 and then as Minister of Information and Tourism from 1963 until 1964.
Paul Lomami-Tshibamba was a Congolese journalist and author, acclaimed as "the first giant of Congolese literature".
L'Écho du Katanga was a French-language weekly newspaper published from Elisabethville, Congo-Leopoldville. l'Écho du Katanga was founded in 1929 by Jean Decoster. It replaced Journal du Katanga, which had been founded in 1911. The newspaper promoted European settlement in Congo. Later Decoster's son, Albert Decoster, took over the post as the editor of l'Écho du Katanga.
Kwilu District was a district of the Belgian Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It roughly corresponded to the present province of Kwilu.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kamulangu is a Luba folk song sung in the Tshiluba language. It has an associated traditional dance.
Rodolphe Dufour was a Belgian colonial administrator. From 1933 to 1940 he was commissioner (governor) of the Orientale Province.
The following lists events that happened during 1922 in the Belgian Congo.
The following lists events that happened during 1947 in the Belgian Congo.
The following lists events that happened during 1933 in the Belgian Congo.
The following lists events that happened during 1970 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
