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Welcome to the WikiProject Democratic Republic of the Congo ! This group was formed to better organize articles on the
Democratic Republic of the Congo in a spirit of cooperation.
This group includes within its scope all articles related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, its cities, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a fair and accurate manner. All of these articles should be contained within the
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo or one of its subcategories. This Project intends to cover an area that traditionally is low on Wikipedia's radar (See
WP:Countering systematic bias ). Please improve by joining and contributing.
Worldwide density of geotagged Wikipedia entries. Really adds a whole new meaning to the phrase, "
Dark Continent "...
Like our
WikiProject Africa brethren, we have before us a large task: filling in the gap on Wikipedia concerning all things Congolese. This is probably one of the more difficult country-topics to maintain; the Congo is one of largest and most diverse African states, and has been in a state of instability since 1997.
The advantage? A clean slate. WikiProject DRC members have considerable latitude to create, edit, and revise relevant articles without the disruption of conjecture additions, unduly weighted material, or in-general unhelpful good faith edits (though some of our higher profile articles do suffer from this e.g.
Patrice Lumumba ). The
French Wikipedia is a good place to start when looking for holes to fix. Just about all areas of the project are open to improvement.
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Active members
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with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place
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Francis Hannaway Francis Hannaway 21:06, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
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Brigade Piron (
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Славянский патриот (
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Jackninja5 (
talk ) 02:08, 1 February 2015 (UTC) The Democratic Republic of the Congo has become very interesting to me now. I never call it simply "Congo". The Second Congo War gets my attention because for some reason I make a lot of edits about wars.
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Indy beetle (
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Congo Crisis .
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Monopoly31121993 (
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Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum (
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BamLifa (
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AmplifyWiki (
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CBJH (
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capitainAfrika
Aegeou2 22:12:49, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
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A.S. Brown , History and culture.
Dunutubble (
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contribs ) 16:27:03, 18 June 2022 (UTC) , History and politics.
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Jebiguess (
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contribs ) Modern political and military history and culture
MiddleOfAfrica (
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contribs ) 21:21:55, 4 October 2023 (UTC) Cultures, history and religions of the precolonial Kongo region; also interested in improving stub articles and creating templates
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Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
John Carter 18:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
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Congolese 05:49, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
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MinnesotanConfederacy 14:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
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--Toussaint 17:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
Gniniv (
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The Malau (
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Julia Barrow (
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Article requests
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You can post your image requests on the list here, and on the talk page(s) of the subject(s) with this text:
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Requests should be added on the Wikimedia Commons (
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Democratic Republic of the Congo articles by quality and importance
Quality
Importance
Top
High
Mid
Low
NA
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Total
FA
1
3
2
1
7
FL
1
1
GA
2
2
10
9
3
26
B
9
6
19
13
53
100
C
27
25
36
90
191
369
Start
43
44
116
294
629
1,126
Stub
10
10
57
405
1,186
1,668
List
3
5
10
36
187
241
Category
3
2,079
2,082
Disambig
11
11
File
5
5
Portal
1
1
Project
4
4
Redirect
4
5
81
90
Template
146
146
Other
2
6
8
Assessed
94
93
255
860
2,333
2,250
5,885
Unassessed
1
54
55
Total
94
93
255
861
2,333
2,304
5,940
WikiWork factors (
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ω = 17,466
Ω = 5.30
Useful templates
Web sources
Full texts
Belgian Congo . Vol. 1 (translated ed.). Brussels: Office de l'information et des relations publiques pour le Congo belge et le Ruanda-Urundi. 1959.
OCLC
221824793 .
Ndaywel è Nziem, Isidore (1998).
Histoire générale du Congo : de l'héritage ancien à la république démocratique . Brussels: Le Cri.
ISBN
9782801111741 .
Brausch, Georges (1961).
Belgian Administration in the Congo . London: Oxford University Press.
OCLC
230080110 .
Chomé, Jules (1966).
Moise Tshombe et l'escroquerie katangaise (in French). Brussels: Éditions de la Fondation J. Jacquemotte.
OCLC
919889 .
Congo, 1955-1960 : recueil d'études (PDF) (in French and Dutch). Brussels: Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer. 1992.
OCLC
30563934 .
Le Congo Belge Durant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale (PDF) (in French and Dutch). Brussels: Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer. 1983.
The Congo Rebellion . Léopoldville: Press Service of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 1964.
OCLC
781977731 .
From Leopoldville to Lagos : Our African Policy (translated ed.). Léopoldville: Republic of the Congo, Documents Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1962.
OCLC
31180608 .
Jadot, J. M. (1959).
Les écrivains africains du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi (PDF) (in French). Brussels: Académie Royale des Sciences Coloniales.
OCLC
920174792 .
Lefever, Ernest W.; Joshua, Wynfred (30 June 1966).
United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960–1964 (PDF) . Vol. 2. Washington, D.C.:
Brookings Institution .
OCLC
631685344 .
Legum, Colin (1961).
Congo Disaster . Baltimore: Penguin.
OCLC
586629 .
Meditz, Sandra W.; Merrill, Tim (1994).
Zaire : a country study . Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress.
LCCN
94025092 .
Merriam, Alan P. (1961).
Congo: Background of Conflict . Evanston, Illinois: Northwestern University Press.
OCLC
424186 .
Mountz, William T. (May 2014).
Americanizing Africanization: The Congo Crisis, 1960–1967 (PDF) (PhD). Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri.
OCLC
905980182 .
O'Brien, Conor Cruise (1962).
To Katanga And Back - A UN Case History . London: Hutchinson.
OCLC
460615937 .
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2014).
Bas-Uele : Pouvoirs locaux et économie agricole : héritages d’un passé brouillé (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Tervuren.
ISBN
978-9-4916-1586-3 . {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link )
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2016).
Équateur : Au cœur de la cuvette congolaise (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Tervuren: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.
ISBN
978-9-4922-4423-9 .
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2018).
Haut-Katanga : Lorsque richesses économiques et pouvoirs politiques forcent une identité régionale (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Vol. 1. Tervuren: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.
ISBN
978-9-4926-6907-0 .
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2018).
Haut-Katanga : Lorsque richesses économiques et pouvoirs politiques forcent une identité régionale (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Vol. 2. Tervuren: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.
ISBN
978-9-4926-6907-0 .
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2011).
Haut-Uele : Trésor (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Tervuren: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.
ISBN
978-9-4926-6907-0 .
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2014).
Kasaï-Oriental : Un nœud gordien dans l’espace congolais (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Tervuren: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.
ISBN
978-9-4916-1524-5 .
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2012).
Kwango : Le pays des Bana Lunda (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Tervuren: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.
ISBN
978-2-8710-6605-7 .
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2019).
Mai-Ndombe. Mosaïque de peuples établie sur un patrimoine naturel (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Tervuren.
ISBN
978-9-4926-6955-1 . {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link )
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2011).
Maniema : Espace et vies (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Tervuren: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.
ISBN
978-2-8710-6562-3 .
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2015).
Mongala : Jonction des territoires et bastion d’une identité supra-ethnique (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Tervuren: Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale.
ISBN
978-9-4922-4416-1 .
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2013).
Sud-Ubangi : Bassins d’eau et espace agricole (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Tervuren.
ISBN
978-2-87593-014-9 . {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link )
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean, ed. (2014).
Tanganyika : Espace fécondé par le lac et le rail (PDF) . Provinces (in French). Tervuren.
ISBN
978-9-4916-1587-0 . {{
cite book }}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link )
Omasombo Tshonda, Jean; Verhaegen, Benoît (2005).
Patrice Lumumba: acteur politique: de la prison aux portes du pouvoir, juillet 1956-février 1960 (in French). Paris: Harmattan.
ISBN
9782747563925 . (Prologue only)
Pain, Marc (1984).
Kinshasa : la ville et la cité . Paris: Editions de l'ORSTOM.
ISBN
2-7099-0728-3 .
The province of the Katanga and Congolese independence . Léopoldville: Republic of the Congo, Documents Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 1962.
OCLC
25943688 .
Stenmans, A. (1961).
Les Premiers Mois de la République du Congo (Léopoldville) (1er juillet-22 novembre 1960). Relation coordonnée des événements et réflexions d'ordre général (PDF) (in French). Brussels: Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer.
OCLC
2128926 .
Tödt, Daniel (2021).
The Lumumba Generation: African Bourgeoisie and Colonial Distinction in the Belgian Congo . Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH.
ISBN
9783110709308 .
Tshombe, Moïse (1967).
My Fifteen Months in Government (translated ed.). Plano: University of Plano Press.
OCLC
461806488 .
Photos
MONUSCO Photos - MONUSCO Flickr account, all photos licensed with Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
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