Talk:Zaire

Does anybody understand this?

:"A third imperative was to expand the reach of the state in the social and political realms, a process that began in 1970 and culminated in the adoption of a new constitution in 1977. By 1976, however, this effort had begun to generate its own inner contradictions, thus paving the way for the resurrection of a Bula Matari ("the rocks breaker one") system. ″"

Shall we delete it? Francis Hannaway (talk) 12:37, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

It's an excellent, indeed professionally drafted, overview of the underlying theoretical themes and motives involved, at the time, in drafting of the new constitution. The statement even draws on the well-known Bula Matari model. It needs to remain for serious academic readers to contemplate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.244.13.219 (talk) 16:22, 1 April 2017 (UTC)

Defining the country as Zaire implies that it should be pronounced as a single syllable, when it fact it was always two - which is why the country's name was Zaïre.

i is NOT the same thing as ï; the presence of TWO dots above the letter serve a precise phonological purpose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Random jottings (talk • contribs) 14:10, 18 December 2014 (UTC)

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royal shields 85.255.232.147 (talk) 08:08, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

Kwassa kwassa 49.146.251.248 (talk) 12:11, 14 November 2022 (UTC)

I just saw that

The Map in the site looks like a modern map,

so basically I think it’s from 1992+ since the ussr collapsed

or it’s the same problem with the page of democratic republic of the Congo Yowazzup8282 (talk) 15:50, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

:Zaire did outlive the USSR and SFR Yugoslavia, so the map can be correct. The map is not today's as it omits South Sudan. It is presumably a map from the last day of Zaire in 1997, though of course a caption would help all readers. Unknown Temptation (talk) 13:11, 19 April 2025 (UTC)

::It's mostly consistent with a 1997 date, except Jordan still has the West Bank, the Saudi Arabian–Iraqi neutral zone still exists, and Yemen is still divided. As it is, the map doesn't actually represent any real time in history. TheLegendofGanon (talk) 00:02, 24 April 2025 (UTC)