Talk:Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza

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Stan Shebs lifted this article from its pedestrian start. User:Wetman

Good entry. Two points spring to mind, i) Brazza was naturlised as a French Citizen prior to his exploration. ii) His original rank was "Auxiliary Ensign". Not sure how those might be weaved in, hence the talk rather than an edit. PhilipPage 20:33, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

I've added a link to a recent BBC article on the Brazza page. It would be a good idea to dig the article and extract some useful information to be wikified. Hugo Dufort 04:49, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

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It should be noted, however, that there are no historical documents to substantiate Obenga's claims. In any case, Brazzaville remains one of the last remaining African capitals named after a European colonizer, and this fact in itself has generated some debate among Congolese.

Please make appropraite citation...Nzingamina

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I've removed the statement "Many Congolese protested the mausoleum which celebrates a man who enslaved, colonized and raped a Congolese woman.", which was inserted clumsily into a sentence and appears to be a complete contradiction of what has been published about de Brazza. To be restored it needs an appropriate citation. Kahuzi 14:18, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citation updated

References for the mausoleum controversy and the of rape of a princess from Mbe by De Brazza are sited at mwinga.org. nzingamina 17:37, 13 December 2006

An internet article, discussing such a politically volatile subject, is not a decent citation. 41.241.14.155 19:29, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Wikepedia allows internet citations for articles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.21.253.12 (talk) 04:04, 24 November 2007 (UTC)