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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

[edit] See also

• Kongo
• Conga, a dance named after Congo

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