When random events collide to reveal a family member's hidden war story—the Leopoldville disaster claimed 763 American soldiers on Christmas Eve 1944 but was kept classified until 1996. Why? #leopoldville

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📸Dans une usine de menuiserie et d'ébénisterie, à Léopoldville, des travailleurs congolais fabriquent avec les bois de leur pays les objets les plus variés.
Photo de J. Costa, Congopresse, 1945

#congobelge #leopoldville #menuiserie #artisanat #phototheque #fondsphotographique

A view of #Kinshasa in the mid-20th century, when it was still known as #Leopoldville. Located along the banks of the Congo River, the city was founded by Welsh-American explorer Stanley on land granted to the International #Congo Association of King Leopold II by King Makoko of the Anziku Kingdom.

The administration of the #BelgianCongo was comprised of the Belgian Ministry of Colonies in #Belgium and the African administration based in #Leopoldville, now known as #Kinshasa. The Belgian Ministry was situated at the Place Royale in #Brussels, adjacent to the Church of St. James on Coudenberg.

The 3 residences of the Governor-Generals of the #Congo.👇🏻 The first one build in #Boma during the period of the Free State, the second one in #Leopoldville during the Belgian period and the third one in today's #Kinshasa serves as the residence and administration of the President of the DRC.

Much is said and written about Patrice Lumumba's infamous Anti #Colonialism speech at the Ceremony of the Proclamation of the #Congo's #Independence on june 30, 1960 in #Leopoldville, but what is less known, is that prime minister #Lumumba gave a second #speech that same day...

In the 1950s, #Leopoldville (now #kinshasa) in the #BelgianCongo was a significantly more modern city than #Brussels, the capital of Motherland #Belgium

In October 1964, General #Mobutu organized events in #Leopoldville to celebrate the Belgian-Congolese triumph over the #Arab slavers in 1894, following criticisms made by #Nasser of Egypt against Congo for using white mercenaries to retake #Stanleyville from USSR supported rebels.

Qui a vu sur @ARTEfr "Raisons d'État" (The Good Shepherd) de R. De Niro hier soir ?
Il me semble avoir décellé une arnaque dans une scène à #Leopoldville.
Il serait intéressant de faire un challenge #OSINT sur cette scène qui n'a pas été filmée au Congo mais où exactement ?