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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

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Democratic republic of the congo. BASIC FACTS. Geography. Area: ¼ size of USA Capital: Kinshasa Climate: tropical equatorial. People *. * All estimates are from 2008. People. Ethnic makeup: Bantu majority 200+ African groups Major languages: French Lingala, Kingwana, others. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

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BASIC FACTS

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Geography

Area: ¼ size of USA

Capital: Kinshasa

Climate: tropical equatorial

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People*

Factor DRC USA

Population 66.5 million 303 million

Population growth rate

3.236% 0.883%

Median age 16.3 years 36.7 years

* All estimates are from 2008.

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People

Ethnic makeup: Bantu majority 200+ African

groups

Major languages: French Lingala,

Kingwana, others

Religions: 70% Christian 20% indigenous

beliefs 10% Muslim

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People*

Religions: 70% Christian 20% indigenous

Factor DRC USA

Infant mortality rate

83.11 deaths / 1,000 live births

6.3 deaths / 1,000 live births

Life expectancy

54 years 78 years

HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate

4.2% 0.6%

Literacy 67.2% 99%* The HIV/AIDS est. are from 2003. The literacy rates est. are from 2001. All other est. are from 2008.

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Economy*

Factor DRC USA

GDP per capita $300 $48,000

GDP real growth rate

6.2% 1.4%

GDP composition by sector

55% agriculture11% industry34% services

1.2% agriculture19.6% industry79.2% services

Inflation rate 16.7% 4.2%

* All estimates are from the 21st century, albeit different dates. The range is 2000-2008.

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Economy

Natural resources: cobalt, copper, cadmium, petroleum, zinc, diamonds, manganese, tin, gold, silver, bauxite, iron ore, coal, hydropower, timber

Agriculture: coffee, palm oil, rubber, tea, manioc, root crops, corn, fruits, sugarcane, wood products

Industry: mineral mining and processing, consumer products, cement, diamonds

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Government

Type: republic (in name…)

Head of State: Pres. Joseph Kabila

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HISTORY

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Earliest Peoples (40,000 BCE-1400s CE)1. Pygmies (Mbuti)

40,000 BCE hunter-gatherers

2. Bantu 500 BCE – 1500 CE:

migration from W. Africa

iron, sophisticated tools

3. Nilotes migration from

Sudan farming, fishing,

herdingA Pygmy boy fishes for his lunch in the Ituri Forest in

the DRC. Photo appeared in a 2005 National Geographic article about the Mbuti Pygmies today.

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Many Ethnic Groups (600 CE)

Early peoples interacted and spread

600 CE: 200+ ethnic groups

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Kingdoms & Empires (1400s-1500s) Kongo Luba Lunda

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European Arrival & Slave Trade (1480s – early 1800s)European Arrival

1480s: Portugal 1st Kingdom of the

Kongo: happy to trade

Slave Trade – Why? most lucrative staff Portuguese

sugar plantations on nearby islands

French, British, Dutch join (New World)

already existed in Africa (POWs)

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Slave Trade continued…

The Impact conflicts among

African groups guns introduced abandonment of

traditional econ. activities

unfortunate slaves vs. prosperous middlemen

Late 18th c: 15,000 slaves/year

In sum: 1.5m slaves from Congo 12m from Africa

Frightening Stats

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Henry Stanley (1860s-1870s) 1869-1871:

expedition to find Livingstone

1874-1877: transcontinental expedition

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Leopold II’s Congo (1879-1908) 1879: Leopold II

establishes the “Congo Independent State” as his private kingdom

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Belgian Congo (1908-1960)

1906: Congo becomes a Belgian colony

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Independent Congo (1960-present) 1960: Congo gains independence 1960-1965: Pres. Joseph Kasavubu

P.M. Patrice Lumumba (d. 1961) 1965-1997: Mobutu Sese Seko 1997-2001: Laurent Kabila 2001-present: Joseph Kabila

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