The Bourgeoisie and Revolution in the Congo

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ID4899440
AuthorsGeorges N Nzongola (corresponding author)
Year1970
Volume8
Issue4
Pages511-530
Publication date1970-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x00023879
OpenAlexW2107744756
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited13

Theanti-colonial revolution was a great event in the lives of the Congolese people, and both the masses and their bourgeois leaders expected a lot from it. The masses had accepted the leadership of the clerks and other educated groups, who presented themselves as their spokesmen and representatives to the colonial Government. Their hope was that their living conditions would be changed after independence, and this was in fact what their leaders promised them. But this promise was not honoured after independence, for many reasons, one of which was the fact that the anti-colonial revolution had masked the conflicts of interest opposing the bourgeois leaders to the people. These conflicts became open after independence, when, instead of fulfiffing their promises, the leaders responded to popular demands either with more promises or with repression. This situation ultimately led to the emergence of the 'second independence' movement in the Kwilu region and in the eastern part of the new Republic

Bourgeoisie · Colonial rule · Colonialism · Economic history · Government (linguistics · Independence (probability theory · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · African history and culture studies · African Studies and Ethnography · History · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

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