Lusanga (formerly Leverville) is a town in Kwilu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is at the confluence of the Kwenge and Kwilu rivers.[1] The town is served by a small airport (IATA Code: LUS).
Lusanga | |
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  Lusanga | |
| Coordinates: 4°49′58″S 18°43′42″E / 4.832707°S 18.728256°E | |
| Country | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| Province | Kwilu |
| Territory | Bulungu |
In the colonial era the town was called Leverville.[2] It was named after William Lever of the Lever Brothers, which started as a soap-making business and grew into the Unilever consumer goods giant. In 1911 Lever signed a treaty with the Belgian government to gain access to the palm oil of the colony, and established the main coordinating base at Leverville.[3] The Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB), a subsidiary of Lever Brothers, established a large palm oil factory at Leverville, one of three in Kwilu.[4]
References
edit- ^ Warrington 1972, p. 2.
- ^ Nziem 1998, p. 33.
- ^ Gurney 1996, p. 207.
- ^ Nziem 1998, p. 383.
Sources
edit- Gurney, Peter (1996). Co-operative culture and the politics of consumption in England, 1870-1930. Manchester University Press ND. ISBN 0-7190-4950-4.
- "Lusanga Airport Information". International Air Charter. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- Nziem, Isidore Ndaywel è (1998). Histoire generale du Congo. De Boeck Supérieur. ISBN 2-8011-1174-0.
- Warrington, C.J. (May 1972). "M'Bwa na Basenji" (PDF). The Basenji. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- Marchal, Jules (2008). Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo. Translated by Martin Thom. Introduced by Adam Hochschild (Abridged English ed.). London: Verso. ISBN 978-1-84467-239-4.
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