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René Lemarchand
Political Awakening in the Congo, 04/2023Book Chapter
The general elections of May, 1960, represent the final phase of a process of political transfer which formally began in January of the same year at the Brussels Round Table Conference. Although the Round Table had once and for all settled the issue of a target date for independence, there was still considerable uncertainty as to which group would acquire a dominant position in the new political order—if only because the contestants were so numerous and their bases of support so unstable. The tensions arising from this atmosphere of uncertainty were further heightened by the suspense created by the
