Congo (disambiguation)
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Congo most commonly refers to one of two African countries:
- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), sometimes known as "Congo-Kinshasa." Known as "Zaire" from 1971-1997.
- The Republic of the Congo (ROC), often known as "Congo-Brazzaville."
Or their predecessors:
- Kingdom of Kongo, the African kingdom, dating back before the 1400s, that was eventually divided by European colonizers into:
- French Congo (1880) → Middle Congo (1906) → French Equatorial Africa (1910) → ROC (1960)
- Congo Free State (1885; a kingdom owned by King Leopold II of Belgium) → Belgian Congo (1908) → ROC/DRC (1966) → Zaire (1971) → DRC (1997)
- Portuguese Congo (1885) → Cabinda and Angola (1975)
Congo may also be:
- Congo, the region in Africa
- Congo River, which drains this region
- Congo craton, a pre-historical continent
- Congo Peafowl, a bird species
- Congo (novel), a novel by Michael Crichton
- Congo (film), a film based on Crichton's novel
- Congo (song), a 1997 single by rock group Genesis
- Congo music:
- Music of the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)
- Music of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire, Congo-Kinshasa)
- Congo, another name for the music genre soukous
- Panamanian congo music, a genre of music Afro-Latino music in Panama and Brazil
- Congo (chimpanzee), an ape that produced works of art
- Congo, a spirit in voodoo
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