| LC control no. | nb2006004051 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kalonji Ditunga Mulopwe, Albert, 1929- |
| Variant(s) | Mulopwe, Albert Kalonji Ditunga, 1929- Kalonji, Albert, 1929- Ditunga Mulopwe, Albert Kalonji, 1929- Kalonji Mulopwe, Albert, 1929- |
| Associated country | Congo (Democratic Republic) |
| Birth date | 1929 |
| Place of birth | Hemptinne (Congo (Democratic Republic)) |
| Affiliation | Mouvement national congolais |
| Profession or occupation | Politicians |
| Found in | Congo 1960, c2005: t.p. (Albert Kalonji Ditunga Mulopwe) p.14, etc. (born 1929; Albert Kalonji; M. Kalonji Mulopwe) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed May 02, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Kalonji Ditunga, Albert; political figure; born in 1927 in Hemptinne, Democratic Republic of the Congo; member of the Kasai provincial council of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1957); joined nationalist Congolese politician Lumumba and a group of other Congolese intellectuals to form the Mouvement National Congolais (MNC) party (1958); returned to Kananga and won a local election thanks to brash defense of Luba ethnicity (1959); claimed to be the defender of Luba rights and regional autonomy; began to promote an independent Kasai (1960's); attended the Round Table conference that set the course for Congolese independence (1960's); announced the creation of the independent nation of South Kasai (1960); tried to build support among the Luba people by becoming a self-crowned king (1961); initiated a revolt against Lumumba that was crushed by the central government's military and was forced out of the country (1962)) |
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