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Congo Geography
This site offers a geographical overview of Congo. An interactive map allows to explore different regions of Congo. You may also take the quiz to test your knowledge on Congo.
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Study: Zaire
This Library of Congress Country Studies site contains a wealth of information on Zaire today and historically.
BBC
Bbc News: Country Profile: Democratic Republic of Congo
A profile of the Congo after its civil war. Article provides facts, names of leaders, rebels and opposition as well as media sources. Updated April 2008.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Features a country profile and travel guide to Democratic Republic of the Congo, background overview, and numerous links to in-depth information on the nation's culture, history, geography, economy, environment, population, news,...
Central Intelligence Agency
Cia: World Factbook: Democratic Republic of the Congo
This resource is provided by the CIA World Factbook. Many statistics give an overview of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire. The resource details the political and economic structure of government. It also provides...
Read Works
Read Works: Blood Mineral
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about tantalum and the wars waged in the Congo over this valuable metal. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Suku
"Suku" is the term now accepted by the Suku themselves and in Zaire and in the ethnographic literature. Just before and after 1900, they were often referred to as "Yaka" or, more specifically, "Yaka of MiniKongo" -- in contrast with...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Lugbara
The Lugbara people live on the plateau of the Nile -- Zaire watershed in northwestern Uganda and northeastern Zaire.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Alur
The Alur speak DhuAlur, a Western Nilotic language of the Lwo Group. They live in northwestern Uganda and in the neighboring parts of northeastern Zaire. Some two-fifths of the Alur live in Uganda and three-fifths in Zaire. The family is...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Luba of Shaba
The patrilineal Luba of Shaba differ in their descent system from the Eastern Luba by their culture and language, they are distinct from the Western Luba. Most live in southern Zaire. The Luba practice slash-and-burn agriculture; fields...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Lunda
"Lunda" is the most widely used English term to refer to literally hundreds of social groups whose oral histories link them in varying ways to a far-flung empire that controlled trade and tribute in much of Central Africa from the...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Mangbetu
The Mangbetu live in the northeastern corner of Zaire. They are the founders of one of the few centralized political systems in Central Africa. The Mangbetu achieved a very high level of technological and material development, as...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Mongo
The Mongo inhabit the Congo Basin of central Zaire. They speak a dialect or language within a larger group of Mongo languages. Ideological and moral principles and social reality are mirrored in the culture of the Mongo, particularly in...
CRW Flags
Flags of the World: Democratic Republic of Congo
Flags of the World provides a large flag of Democratic Republic of Congo with a description and history of the current flag.