The following is a list of newspapers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
List of publications
edit| Title | Locale | First issued | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| L'Avenir | Kinshasa | 1996 | |
| La Conscience | Kinshasa | 1990 | |
| Elima[1] | Kinshasa | 1928 | |
| Mjumbe [2] | Lubumbashi | 1963 | |
| Mukuba | Lubumbashi | ||
| L'Observateur | Kinshasa | ||
| Le Phare | Kinshasa | 1983 | |
| Le Potentiel | |||
| La Prospérité | Kinshasa | ||
| La Référence Plus | Kinshasa | ||
| La République | Kinshasa | ||
| Salongo | Kinshasa | 1972 | |
| Le Soft international | Kinshasa | 1990 | |
| La Tempête des Tropiques | Kinshasa |
Defunct
edit| Title | Locale | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| L’Avenir Colonial Belge [3] | Léopoldville | 1920-? | |
| Le Courrier d’Afrique | Léopoldville | 1930-1972 [1] | |
| L’Echo de Stan [3] | |||
| L'Écho du Katanga [4] | Elisabethville | 1931-1962 | |
| L'Essor du Congo [4] | Elisabethville | 1928-? | |
| Hodi | Costermansville | 1942-? | In Swahili and French [4] |
| Journal du Katanga [4] | Elisabethville | 1911-? | |
| La Presse Africaine [5] | Bukavu | 1953-? | |
| Le Stanleyvillois [3] | Province Orientale |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Democratic Republic of the Congo: Media and Publishing". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ Europa 2004.
- ^ a b c CRISP 1959.
- ^ a b c d Kadima Nzuji 1984.
- ^ "La "Presse africaine", une aventure très belge", Lalibre.be (in French), 30 June 2010,
Marie-Madeleine Arnold-Gulikers
- This article incorporates information from the French Wikipedia and Lingala Wikipedia
Bibliography
edit- in English
- "Democratic Republic of the Congo: Directory: the Press". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 300+. ISBN 1857431839.
- Jonathon Green; Nicholas J. Karolides (2005). "Democratic Republic of Congo". Encyclopedia of Censorship. Facts on File, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4381-1001-1.
- "Democratic Republic of Congo", Freedom of the Press, USA: Freedom House, 2016, OCLC 57509361
- in French
- "La presse quotidienne au Congo". Courrier Hebdomadaire du CRISP (in French) (26). Brussels: Centre de recherche et d'information socio-politiques: 1. 1959. doi:10.3917/cris.026.0001 – via Cairn.info.
- Albert-Oscar Bolela (1971), "Un aperçu de la presse congolaise écrite par les noirs de 1885 à 1960", Zaïre-Afrique (in French), vol. 11, pp. 5–23, ISSN 0010-5767
- Mukala Kadima Nzuji [in French] (1984). La littérature zaïroise de langue française: 1945-1965 (in French). Éditions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-86537-100-6.
External links
edit- "Democratic Republic of Congo Profile: Media". BBC News. 4 May 2011.
- "Democratic Republic of the Congo". Electronic Newspapers of Africa. Virtual Libraries: African Studies. New York, USA: Columbia University Libraries.
- Karen Fung, African Studies Association (ed.). "News (by country): Congo-Kinshasa". Africa South of the Sahara. USA – via Stanford University.
Annotated directory
- "Newspapers Held in Microform: Dem. Rep. Congo" (PDF). Cooperative Africana Materials Project. United States: Center for Research Libraries. 2012.