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Kasavubu

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[kas-uh-voo-boo, kah-sah-] / ˌkæs əˈvu bu, ˌkɑ sɑ- /

noun

  1. Joseph, 1917?–69, African political leader: first president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (now Zaire) 1960–65.


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Joseph Kasavubu became president following the 1960 election, held a month before independence, and Patrice Lumumba became the prime minister.

From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2018

Kasavubu recently moved his family from Leopoldville across the river to Brazzaville, in old French territory, presumably to be closer to his old crony Abbe Fulbert Youlou, Premier of the French Congo Republic.

From Time Magazine Archive

Confident that the Congo army would never attack his U.N. guards, Welbeck acted as though the Kasavubu government did not exist.

From Time Magazine Archive

All week long, President Kasavubu maintained a detached and dreamy silence in his hilltop palace.

From Time Magazine Archive

African names roll apart like the heads of dried flowers crushed idly between thumb and forefinger—Ngoma, Mukenge, Mulele, Kasavubu, Lumumba.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

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