L'Écho du Katanga explained

l'Écho du Katanga
Type:	Weekly
Editor:	Albert Decoster
Foundation:	1931 ^[1]
Language:	French language
Ceased Publication:	1962
Headquarters:	Elisabethville

L'Écho du Katanga ('The Echo of Katanga') was a French-language weekly newspaper published from Elisabethville, Congo-Leopoldville.^[2] l'Écho du Katanga was founded in 1929 by Jean Decoster.^[3] It replaced Journal du Katanga, which had been founded in 1911. The newspaper promoted European settlement in Congo.^[2] Later Decoster's son, Albert Decoster, took over the post as the editor of l'Écho du Katanga.^{[3] [4] [5]}

L'Écho du Katanga was closed down in 1962.^[6]

See also

• Media of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Notes and References

1. Book: Mukala Kadima Nzuji .

   fr:Mukala Kadima Nzuji

   . La littérature zaïroise de langue française: 1945-1965 . fr . 1984. . Paris . 978-2-86537-100-6.
2. Nomenclature des journaux & revues en langue française du monde entier. Paris, Les bureaux de l'Argus, 1937, p. 535.
3. Book: World's Press News and Advertisers' Review. February 1951. World's Press News Publishing Company, Limited. 105.
4. Young, Crawford. The Politics of Cultural Pluralism. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1976, p. 178.
5. Book: Gwendolen Margaret Carter. Politics in Africa: 7 Cases. 1966. Harcourt, Brace & World. 195.
6. [Rosalynde Ainslie|Ainslie, Rosalynde]