| Masisi-Lubutu revolt | |||
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| Part of Belgian Congo in World War II | |||
| Date | Spring 1944 | ||
| Location | |||
| Caused by | Belgian authority's taxation and communal labor policies | ||
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Ngoie Mukalabushi | |||
In 1944, an uprising took place in Kivu in the eastern Belgian Congo. The cause of the revolt lay in Belgian authority's taxation and communal labor policies, which the Watchtower Movement denounced as ungodly. [1] The revolt, which took place in spring, was a "bitter showdown" and resulted in hundreds of Congolese people and three white people being killed. Two rebels, including revolt leader Ngoie Mukalabushi, were hanged. [2]
