Albert Wingert

Albert Joseph Wingert was a Luxembourgish teacher who played an important role in the armed resistance in Luxembourg during World War II. After the war, in 1946, he was implicated in an attempted coup d'état against the Luxembourg state.

Stefano Kaoze

Stefano Kaoze was a Congolese priest and intellectual. He was the first African to be ordained as a Catholic priest in the Belgian Congo in 1917. In the following years, he wrote widely on a range of subjects connected to history, linguistics, ethnography

Table Ronde

"Table Ronde" was a successful song written by Joseph Kabasele in the popular Congolese rumba style and performed by his band L'African Jazz. It was written for the Round Table Conference on Congolese independence held in Brussels, Belgium in 1960 which

Indépendance Cha Cha

"Indépendance Cha Cha" was a song performed by Joseph Kabasele from the group L'African Jazz in the popular African Rumba style. The song has been described as "Kabasele's most memorable song" and one of the first Pan-African hits

German invasion of Luxembourg

The German invasion of Luxembourg was part of Case Yellow, the German invasion of the Low Countries—Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands—and France during World War II. The battle began on 10 May 1940 and lasted just one day. Facing only light

Évolué

Évolué is a French label used during the colonial era to refer to a native African or Asian who had "evolved" by becoming Europeanised through education or assimilation and had accepted European values and patterns of behavior. It is most commonly used

Mario-Philippe Losembe

Mario-Philippe Losembe Batwanyele is a Congolese politician and diplomat. He is currently serving as the second vice president of the Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

George Platt Waller

George Platt Waller Jr. was an American diplomat and the United States chargé d'affaires in Luxembourg during World War II

Forminière

The Société internationale forestière et minière du Congo, known as Forminière, was a lumber and mining company in the Belgian Congo. Founded by Jean Jadot in 1906, the company began diamond mining in Kasai in 1913. At its height, Forminière was

Joseph Cimpaye

Joseph Cimpaye was a Burundian politician and writer

No Limite (season 1)

The first season of the Brazilian competitive reality television series No Limite, based on the international reality game show franchise Survivor, premiered on Sunday, July 23, 2000 at 11:00 p.m. / 10:00 p.m. on TV Globo