History of the Congo and Poisonwood Bible

  • Voting becomes legal for men.

  • Municipal elections are held in Leopoldville

  • Patrice Lumumba founds Congo's 1st national party.

  • Riots in Leopoldville

  • Elections for a territorial assembly occur.

  • 96 Congolese delgates visit Brussels

  • Belgian Congo Gains Independance

  • 25,000 Belgians flee Congo

  • Moise Tshombe declares Katanga independant.

  • Lumumba gets Soviet Russian help

  • Lumumba leaves Leopoldville

  • Lumumba sent to Katanga to die.

  • Congo government returned to Kasavubu