Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

"Examines the country's 55 years of independence, more than eight decades of colonial rule, and earlier kingdoms that controlled the Congolese territory. The updated edition highlights new developments and the increasing importance of the DRC in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, as well as its important international role. This fourth edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, an extensive bibliography, and a dictionary section with more than 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as political, economic, foreign-relation, religious, and cultural issues."--Page [4] of cover.