Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu Banga Mobutu1971
Renames the country the Republic of Zaire. Priests are warned they will face 5 yrs imprisonment if they baptze a Zaire child. Africans are ordered to drop their Christian names for African ones
Zaire · Government / Government of Zaire. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Renames the country the Republic of Zaire. Priests are warned they will face 5 yrs imprisonment if they baptze a Zaire child. Africans are ordered to drop their Christian names for African ones
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