Africa-Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)

Patricia Nzolantima (1979- )
Patricia Nzolantima, a citizen of the Democratic Republic of the Congo with expertise in Marketing, Brand Strategy, and Entrepreneurship, founded...
February 11th, 2025

Mboka Mwilambwe (1970- )
Mboka Mwilambwe, born 1970 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was elected as the first African...
January 16th, 2025

Patrick Lyoya (1996-2022)
Patrick Lyoya, a 26-year-old African American resident of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was fatally shot by Officer Christopher Schurr of the...
August 1st, 2024

Maria Mambo Café (1945-2013)
Maria Mambo Café was an Angolan economist and politician. She was a career member of the Movimento Popular de Libertação...
November 5th, 2023

Queen Diambi (1970s – )
Diambi Kabatusuila is the traditional Queen of the Bakwa Luntu people of the Kingdom of Luba, located in the southern...
April 28th, 2023

Andree Blouin (1921-1986)
Andree Madeleine Blouin, one of an emerging group of African activists and political leaders in the 1960s, was born in...
February 6th, 2023

Congo Free State (1885-1908)
The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo, was a private possession owned by King...
January 20th, 2023

Felix Tshisekedi (1963– )
Felix Tshisekedi, the current President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was born Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo on...
June 10th, 2022

Paul Kagame (1957- )
Paul Kagame, the current President of Rwanda, was born in Gitarama, central Rwanda, on October 23, 1957, into a Tutsi family. In 1959...
April 1st, 2022