Good morning Jol, According to Wikipedia, "Banana is a small seaport in Bas-Congo province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the Atlantic coast. The town was developed as a port in the 19th century, largely as part of the slave trade. Henry Morton Stanley arrived at Banana in 1879 at the start of an exploratory expedition funded by Léopold II of Belgium. Following the Conference of Berlin (1884-85) the European powers recognized Léopold's claim to the Congo basin, and in a ceremony at Banana in 1885 the king announced the establishment of the Congo Free State, headed by himself, beginning the period of European colonization. Banana was the main Belgian naval base of the Congo until independence in 1960".
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Posted 10/26/2014 03:54 am
