By 1891, French had already annexed Congo Brazza
Happy black history Month.
January 1st 1969, Marien Ngouabi was sworn in as the President of Republic of Congo.
But who was he? And why was he assassinated 8 years later after refusing to grant the French the oil region of Cabinda
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By 1891, French had already annexed Congo Brazza
By 1958, Congo Brazaville was on a journey to decolonization under MSA ( movement socialist African) founded by anti-colonial leaders from Tchad, Senegal, Gabon, Cameroon, Mali,..
Youlou, a liberal nationalist was seen as less of a threat compared to other anti-colonial leaders
This ended very bad for Youlou because when the people started strikes all over the country, France did nothing when the military overthrew Youlou
However he failed when he tried to make MNR the sole party of the country
Ngouabi was arrested on July 29th 1968 after criticizing Massamba's govt.
His arrest as he was loved by the military caused chaos
He cut ties with France and built allyship with the soviet Union
Unfortunately he was assassination March 18th 1977
In all matters. He was assassinated for being a menace to neo-colonialism
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