“The Second Independence”: a Case Study of the Kwilu Rebellion in the Congo

1 October 1965

journal article
millennial overtones-in-rebellion
Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Comparative Studies in Society and History

Vol. 8 (1) , 78-109
https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417500003911

Abstract

The particular rebellion in the Congo with which we are concerned in this article is the one that began in the Kwilu Province in January 1964 and, as such, was the first in a chain of rebellions that have erupted in the Congo in the course of the past year.

Keywords

SECOND INDEPENDENCE
KWILU REBELLION
CONGO
KWILU PROVINCE
JANUARY
BEGAN
ERUPTED