Congo-Before+Refugee+Crisis


 * The Congo Before the Refugee Crisis**[[image:file:moz-screenshot-1.jpg]]




 * The Congo was first settled by the Mbuti tribes.⁴
 * For a very long time merchants would travel across the Sahara, taking gold and slaves from the center of West Africa up to the North and they would bring back textiles and finished goods and also guns. ¹
 * The first king of Congo, Nzinga Nkuwu was officially "baptized" into the Catholic faith ²
 * Nzinga Nkuwu was the first Catholic to rule the Kingdom of Congo. ²
 * The Congo was a French colony in 1891 and the Congo got it's independence in 1960. ³
 * Before there was civil wars the Congo was a very pleasant place to live. There were clean beaches and music and it was a very popular place to vacation. ³
 * If you would like to see a timeline of the Congo's history, go to the work cited number five, and click on the link there.⁵
 * __Feel free to click on any of the links in the work cited section to get more information.__

1. "The Story of Africa." __Africa and Europe__. 1 May 2007 <[|http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/africa/features/storyofafrica/11chapter1.shtml>.] 2. "Congo: a Microcosm of the Global Divide & Conquer Schema." __Opposing Digits__. 1 May 2007 <[|http://www.opposingdigits.com/congo/>.] 3. "Congo." __Us-Africa.Org__. 1 May 2007 <[|http://us-africa.tripod.com/congo.html>.] 4."History of the Rebublic of the Congo." __Wikipedia.Com__. 1 May 2007 <[|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo#Early_history>.] 5. "Timeline: Democratic Republic of Congo." __BBC NEWS__. 1 May 2007 <[|http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1072684.stm>.]
 * Work Cited**