National celebration meets literary launch Congo-Brazzaville reaches a milestone 65th Independence Day on 15 August, and the timing could hardly be more symbolic. One day earlier,…
Brazzaville Prepares for Historic Weekend By early August 1960, Brazzaville’s avenues were swept, banners unfolded, and radio journalists rehearsed every nuance of the coming proclamation. France…
Anniversary Address Highlights On 15 August, President Denis Sassou Nguesso marked Congo-Brazzaville’s sixty-fifth Independence Day with a televised address stressing that international turbulence “dangerously threatens peace”…
Independence Eve Release Stirs Literary Circles Brazzaville’s riverfront already hums with rehearsals for the 65th Independence Day parade, but another kind of drumroll is sounding in…
