1972 in Zaire

The following lists events that happened during 1972 in Zaire.

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Events

January
  • January 2 - President Mobutu Sese Seko announced his new campaign, "Authenticité", to remove all traces of the former Belgian Congo's colonial past in favor of "Africanized" names, customs and dress. Having changed his own name from Joseph-Desire Mobutu, the President required citizens with European-sounding names to change them to something more authentic.[1]
gollark: Oh, wait, yes I can, fixed.
gollark: I can't help but read this as passive-aggressive.
gollark: ↑ important
gollark: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000059729/processors.html
gollark: Udlywjtalhckhzkgsljdiyaidoyskydhldykspufoycycpjvucohsktstkaitsoydifoysitayoludkgalhskgaktdpudluskgsyodoyxlhxoysiaktsodkgskgzlhxoysiratkwidpufoudluflux, as they say.

References
  1. "Mobutu to Wipe Out Relics of Colonial 'Congo'", The Star-News (Pasadena), January 3, 1972, p2
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