Talk:Joseph Kasa-Vubu

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Kasa Vubu vs. Kasavubu

"Kasa Vubu"? I have never seen it written that way. Can I move to Joseph Kasavubu? john k 19:29, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I too have only seen it written as one word, but for all I know that may be an incorrect Western convention. Everyking 19:37, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The correct spelling is Kasa Vubu. During the time of the overthrow of Prime Minister Lumumba of Congo(DRC), the UN often used the spelling of Kasavubu, and since it was the UN everyone assumed it was correct. During the 60s the UN was off on a lot of things in the Congo:) Seanh 23:32, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

The correct spelling is Kasa-Vubu

Can anyone provide a source for this contention? john k 18:53, 9 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oxford University Press - see cite in article. --Bejnar (talk) 21:55, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

See his daughter's books too, I've added them to the "Further reading". You'd think she'd know how to spell her own name! Brigade Piron (talk) 22:14, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Would it not be more correct to say;

"first president of the Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)"

Since the actual name of the country was Congo at the time. Even though there were two different Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, and Congo-Leopoldville, during the same time. Any suggestions? Seanh 23:43, July 12, 2005 (UTC)

At the time of independence, there were two countries calling themselves Republic of Congo (Rêpublique du Congo). As far as I understand, they were differentiated by the name of their capital city, i.e. Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Lêopoldville. From the article "Crise congolaise" on French wikipedia: "Le pays partageait son nom avec celui de la République du Congo à l'ouest, une colonie française ayant gagné son indépendance en 1960 également, et elles étaient auparavant distinguées par le nom de leur capitale, Congo (Léopoldville) et Congo (Brazzaville)."

So, I think it would most correct to write "first president of Congo-Kinshasa" or "first president of the Republic of Congo, later called Democratic Republic of Congo." According to the French wikipedia article "Liste des présidents de la République démocratique du Congo," the country's name changed from "République du Congo" to "République démocratique du Congo" in July 1966, under Mobutu. -- Poldy Bloom 06:02, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

External link

As I was reading this article I noted that an editor had specifically requested a citation for Kasa-Vubu being placed under house arrest in 1965, so I provided a citation to a reliable source for that info. But I then noticed that this article had only a single source, and that was listed as an external link. However, the webpage at that link, "Joseph Kasavubu". InfoPlease., does not qualify as an external link failing the guideline at Wikipedia:External links. It did not add anything to the article as an external link. What it did do, was add a source to an otherwise unsourced article. It is not a very good source as it is a tertiary source. As soon as adequate sourcing from reliable publications has been added, this InfoPlease external link should be removed as superfluous and as not meeting the guidelines. --Bejnar (talk) 22:11, 13 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]