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The 1944 Luluabourg Mutiny: Congo's Wartime Revolt Against Belgian Colonial Rule
In February 1944, soldiers of the Force Publique stationed at Luluabourg in the Belgian Congo rose up against their Belgian officers, sparking a mutiny that briefly threatened colonial control in the Kasai region. The mutineers, many of them veterans of World War II who had fought in the Allied campaigns in Ethiopia and Burma, were angered by poor pay, racial discrimination, and broken promises of postwar benefits. Led by Sergeant Major Albert Nyembo and others, they seized the armory, killed several Belgian officers, and held the town for several days before Belgian authorities, with support…
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