Jean Bolikango
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Jean Bolikango, later Bolikango Akpolokaka Gbukulu Nzete Nzube, was a Congolese educator, writer, and politician. He served twice as Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo, in September 19
Bolikango in 1960
Bolikango (left) meeting with politicians in Bonn, Germany in February 1960
Joseph Kasa-Vubu
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Joseph Kasa-Vubu, alternatively Joseph Kasavubu, was a Congolese politician who served as the first President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1960 until 1965.
Jean Bolikango
…Studies at the International Fair in Ghent in 1948. He also made a submission to the 1949 contest, but no prize was awarded. Bolikango soon befriended Joseph Kasa-Vubu and sponsored his election as secretary-general of ADAPÉS in order to bring him into UNISCO, thereby furthering the latter's political standing. Bolikango…
Kasa-Vubu in 1960
Kasa-Vubu with the outgoing Governor-General of the Congo, Hendrik Cornelis, before the latter's departure from the country, July 1960.
Kasa-Vubu during a 1963 visit to Israel, with the President Zalman Shazar
Kasa-Vubu with Colonel Joseph-Désiré Mobutu in 1961