Tshimanga wa Tshibangu, 1941-1985

found: His Histoire du Zaire, 1976?:t.p. (Dr. Tshimanga wa Tshibangu) back cover (b. 10/4/41, Mutefu, Kasai Occidental, Zaire; doctorat de 3. cycle en histoire, 1971, Univ. de Toulouse-le-Mirail; after obtaining doctorate in 1971, Dr. Tshimanga returned to Zaire and was appointed to the Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu, where he was professor and head, Département d'Histoire; assistant director general of the Institut, 1972-1975; academic secretary general, from 1976; he collaborated in creation of the Sociéte des Historiens Zaïrois (SOHIZA), for which he was the first vice-president)

found: La France et la conférence antiesclavagiste de Bruxelles, undated [1971]:title page (Zacharie TSHIMANGA; thèse pour le doctorat de 3è en Histoire; Université de Toulouse-Le Mirail)

found: La Dépêche de Toulouse et la conquête de Madagascar de 1883 à 1894, [between 1968 and 1970]:title page (Zacharie Tshimanga, typed, crossed out and replaced with handwritten TSHIMANGA wa TSHIBANGU; travail d'étude et de recherches; Université de Toulouse, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines)

found: The end of slavery in Africa, 1988, viewed online February 11, 2020:page 462 (credit by the author to Professor Tshimanga wa Tshibangu of the University of Kisangani for helpful criticisms)

found: Wikipedia, February 11, 2020(Zacharie Tshimanga Wa Tshibangu; Congolese historian and writer and co-founder of the SOHIZA [Société des Historiens du Zaïre] in 1974; born October 4, 1941 in Musefu [sic]; died December 10, 1985, Brussels, Belgium, age 44)