MATADI

mətäˈdē, city (1984 pop. 138,798), Bas-Congo province, W Congo (Kinshasa), on the Congo River. With one of the largest harbors in central Africa, Matadi is the main port of the country. Situated c.80 mi (130 km) from the mouth of the Congo, at the farthest point navigable by oceangoing vessels, the city is linked by rail with Kinshasa. Chief exports are coffee and timber. Because of the Congo's economic and political troubles in the late 1980s and 1990s, trade through the port diminished and the condition of the facilities deteriorated.

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books on: Matadi  - 139 results

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Modern Kongo Prophets: Religion in a Plural Society
Book by Wyatt MacGaffey; Indiana University Press, 1983
Subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Religion, Prophets--Congo (Democratic Republic)
...2 Adult church membership in Matadi, 1970 54...7 Nzanza market, Matadi 98 8 Downtown Matadi 98 9 Sunday morning trance, EC-Gonda...
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The Geography of Modern Africa
Book by Williarn A. Hance; Columbia University Press, 1964
Subjects: Africa--Geography
...58. The port of Matadi and the Congo approaches to it...Lower Congo River from Leopoldville to Matadi has an estimated potential of 85 million...and the natural feeding system of the Matadi-Leopoldville and Brazzaville -- Pointe...
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The Story of the Congo Free State: Social, Political, and Economic Aspects of the Belgian System of Government in Central Africa
Book by Henry Wellington Wack; G. P. Putnams Sons, 1905
Subjects: Belgium--Colonies--Africa--Administration, Congo (Democratic Republic)
...Church and Rectory, Matadi 286...Public Library, Matadi 420...the Belgian possessions. Thence down to Matadi it pursues a southerly course of about...
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Joseph Conrad: Life and Letters - Vol. 1
Book by G. Jean-Aubry; Doubleday, Page, 1927
Subjects: Authors--Correspondence, Fiction
...Courad begins his first novel. -- A visit to Ukraine. -- A sin of childhood. -- In Africa. -- Boma. -- Matadi. -- Kinchassa. -- The Congo Diary. -- Disappointments. -- The Pil grims. -- On the river Congo...
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The Black Diaries: An Account of Roger Casement's Life and Times, with a Collection of His Diaries and Public Writings
Book by Peter Singleton-Gates, Maurice Girodias; Grove Press, 1959
Subjects: Casement, Roger--Sir--1864-1916
...Richard Burton advanced further inland in 1863, it became clear that the falls made the river absolutely unnavigable beyond Matadi. Mainly thanks to Livingstone and Stanley, the discovery of Africa was to make immense progress in the next twenty years...
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journal articles on: Matadi  - 9 results

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Kongo Slavery Remembered by Themselves: Texts from 1915*
Journal article by Wyatt MacGaffey; The International Journal of African Historical Studies, Vol. 41, 2008
Subjects: African history, Kongo, Manuscripts, Slavery
...southern Mayombe, but this complex extended eastwards no farther than Kongo dia Lemba (northeast of Matadi). From 1883 until 1898, when the railroad from Matadi to Kinshasa was completed, Manianga men were principally involved in the nascent colonial economy...
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Origin Traditions and History in Central Africa
Journal article by John K. Thornton; African Arts, Vol. 37, 2004
Subjects: African literature--Evaluation, Central Africa--Cultural policy, Central Africa--History
...education for the mission, and eventually to become bishop of Matadi, published the story along with a synthetic history of Kongo...Amsterdam. de Munck, Joseph. 1956. Kinkulu kia nsi eto Kongo. Matadi. 2nd ed. 1971. Dias de Carvalho, Henrique. 1890. Expedicao...
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Reconstructing the Congo
Journal article by Herbert F. Weiss, Tatiana Carayannis; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 58, 2004
Subjects: Congo (Kinshasa)--History, Congo (Kinshasa)--Military policy, Postwar reconstruction--Military aspects, Postwar reconstruction--Political aspects
...in a September through October 2000 BERCI poll in Kinshasa, Matadi, Lumumbashi and Mbuji-Mayi indicated that ethnicity was not...in either their public or private lives. The one exception is Matadi, where respondents made the distinction between the importance...
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Robert Visser and His Photographs from the Loango Coast
Journal article by Katrin Adler, Christine Stelzig; African Arts, Vol. 35, 2002
Subjects: Photography--Exhibitions
...majority goes to the mass grave "Matadi" to work on the railroad...hold out just one year in Matadi, not to mention seven years...
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Smallpox in Africa during Colonial Rule
Journal article by William H. Schneider; Medical History, Vol. 53, 2009
...epidemic in 1909 on the new Tanganyika railway line, and even earlier (1890) an outbreak along the construction route of the Matadi-Stanley Pool railway in Congo. The ports of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar also recorded smallpox epidemics before the First World...
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magazine articles on: Matadi  - 14 results

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Uncharted Territory
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 118, June 2009
Subjects: Digital libraries, Field study, Museums
Uncharted Territory "The country is very rough all the way, but.. .as one gets farther and farther from Matadi, the vegetation increases, until most of the valleys have patches of forest. The course of the railroad is extraordinarily tortuous...
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Carving Up the Congo
Magazine article by Milan Vesely; African Business, October 1998
Subjects: Africa--Political aspects, Congo (Kinshasa)--Political aspects, Kabila, Laurent--Political activity, Politics
...Bukavu, Uvira and Kisangani in the east, and initially Kitona, Matadi and the Inga Dam hydroelectricity complex in the west. Leaping...armoured units have to all intents and purposes annexed Kitona, Matadi, and the Inga Dam hydroelectric power plant. Zimbabwean commandos...
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Transport under the Hammer
Magazine article by Francois Misser; African Business, March 1996
Subjects: Congo (Kinshasa)--Economic policy, Privatization, Privatization (Business), Transportation industry--Management, Transportation policy
...over the management of the 360km Kinshasa-Matadi railway to a consortium led by Comazar...corporation, Onatra, which manages the Kinshasa-Matadi line, put a new express train in service...capital and its only door to the sea, Matadi, last December. Total investment was...
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Steaming through Africa
Magazine article by Sarah Searight; History Today, Vol. 48, July 1998
Subjects: Imperialism--Military aspects, Military communications--History
...steamboats carried in sections past the cataracts between Boma and Matadi, thus laying the foundations of a Belgian river flotilla...little that had been laid of the Belgian railway between Boma and Matadi, intended to bypass the cataracts (still a vital route today...
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Where Kabila Went Wrong
Magazine article by Alan Rake; New African, March 2001
Subjects: Congo (Kinshasa)--Political aspects, Kabila, Laurent--Behavior, Leadership--Congo (Kinshasa), Politics--Congo (Kinshasa), Presidents (Government)--Behavior, Presidents--Behavior
...detachment of troops into Kitona airbase, not far from Kinshasa. By the first week in August, Moanda port, Boma, the Inga Dam, Matadi port, Uvira and Bukavi had fallen to the rebels. It seemed only a matter of weeks before Kabila would suffer the same fate as...
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newspaper articles on: Matadi  - 2 results

 
 
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Guerrilla Forces Not Able to Hold Kinshasa: Kabila Must Rely on Foreign Armies
Newspaper article by Ross Herbert; The Washington Times, August 31, 1998
Subjects: Congo, Kabila, Laurent, Kinshasa, Congo
...rebel forces were driven from Kinshasa and the port city of Matadi, their last key stronghold in the southwest. The victory came...strategic Inga Falls hydroelectric station and Congos only port, Matadi, but found the port burning and its infrastructure looted, according...
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New Revolt Further Muddies Situation in Congo: Kabila Appears to Be Back in Control - for Now
Newspaper article by Gus Constantine; The Washington Times, August 13, 1998
Subjects: Congo, Kabila, Laurent
...leaders of the rebellion, in a highly unorthodox broadcast of their war plans, say they will soon capture the Congo River port of Matadi about 1,100 miles to the west. Such a move would seek to starve the nearby Congolese capital, Kinshasa. There are also unverified...


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encyclopedia articles on: Matadi  - 4 results

 
 
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Matadi
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MATADI m ta de, city (1984 pop. 138,798), Bas-Congo province, W Congo (Kinshasa), on the Congo River. With one of the largest harbors in central Africa, Matadi is the main port of the country. Situated c.80 mi (130 km) from the mouth of the Congo, at the farthest point navigable...
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Congo , River, Africa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rapids, known as Livingstone Falls, to the port of Matadi. Below Matadi (83 mi/134 km inland) the Congo is navigable by oceangoing...Importance With railroads to bypass major falls (Matadi-Kinshasa; Kisangani-Ubundu; Kindu-Kongolo), the Congo...
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Kinshasa
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...transportation hub, Kinshasa is the terminus of the railroad from Matadi and of navigation on the Congo River from Kisangani; the international...Leopold II, king of the Belgians. In 1898 the rail link with Matadi was completed, and in 1926 the city succeeded Boma as the capital...
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Congo, Democratic Republic of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Kolwezi , Likasi , Lubumbashi , Matadi , Mbandaka , and Mbuji-Mayi . The...parts of the Congo River (e.g., Kinshasa-Matadi and Kisangani-Ubundi) are bridged by rail...disrepair as a result of the civil war. Matadi, Boma, and Banana can handle oceangoing...


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