Joseph+Mobutu

By: Jessica B.

Joseph Mubutu was the president of Zaire for 32 years. In 1960 he led a coup against the nationalist government of Patrice Lumumba. In today's world Premier Patrice Lumumba charged the troops who has been delivered to topple his government. Mubutu seized power in 1965. He grew wealthier as the economy was standing still. But after he was overthrown in 1997, Zaire was renamed as the Democratic Republic Of The Congo.

The democratic Republic Of The Congo Is also known as the Congo Kinshasa. It was also located in Central Africa. The region was reunited as the Congo Free State. The colony was called the Beligan Congo between 1908 and 1960. It gain independence as the Republic of the Congo.

Kinshasa was located on the southern bank of the Congo River. Kinshasa is the chief of administrative and economic center of the DCR and one of the most known cites in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Kinshasa has an area of 9,965 km. The Kinshasa region has important towns and villages with strong links towards the capital. The city's main industries has to do with food proceesing and production of steel,paper chemicals,and ect...The river boat building is important because the city was known as the production and sales for african arts and crafts.