Ethnicity and the conquest of political power in the DRC

Political participation based to some extent on ethnicity or geography is deeply rooted in Congolese society. Hence, ethnicity remains a weapon of political combat that everyone seeks to use before embarking on an electoral adventure. In view of this unavoidable reality, we have reflected on the use of ethnicity as a weapon in the conquest of political power in the Democratic Republic of Congo, focusing on the instrumentalist approach to the subjective dimension of ethnicity in the 2006 presidential elections.

Autorentext

Junior Kibelo has a degree in Political and Administrative Sciences from the University of Kinshasa, and is an independent researcher and promoter of various grassroots youth development associations.