Lusanga, Kwilu

Lusanga
Lusanga
Coordinates: 4.832707°S 18.728256°E / -4.832707; 18.728256
Country	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Province	Kwilu
Territory	Bulungu

Lusanga (formerly Leverville) is a town in Kwilu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is at the confluence of the Kwenge and Kwilu rivers.^[1] The town is served by a small airport (IATA Code: LUS).

In the colonial era the town was called Leverville.^[2] It was named after William Lever of the Lever Brothers, which started as a soap-making business and grew into the Unilever consumer goods giant. In 1911 Lever signed a treaty with the Belgian government to gain access to the palm oil of the colony, and established the main coordinating base at Leverville.^[3] The Huileries du Congo Belge (HCB), a subsidiary of Lever Brothers, established a large palm oil factory at Leverville, one of three in Kwilu.^[4]

References

1. Warrington 1972, p. 2.
2. Nziem 1998, p. 33.
3. Gurney 1996, p. 207.
4. Nziem 1998, p. 383.

Sources

• Gurney, Peter (1996). Co-operative culture and the politics of consumption in England, 1870-1930. Manchester University Press ND. ISBN 0-7190-4950-4.
• "Lusanga Airport Information". International Air Charter. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
• Nziem, Isidore Ndaywel è (1998). Histoire generale du Congo. De Boeck Supérieur. ISBN 2-8011-1174-0.
• Warrington, C.J. (May 1972). "M'Bwa na Basenji" (PDF). The Basenji. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
• Marchal, Jules (2008). Lord Leverhulme's Ghosts: Colonial Exploitation in the Congo. Translated by Martin Thom. Introduced by Adam Hochschild (Abridged English ed.). London: Verso. ISBN 978-1-84467-239-4.