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== History == | == History == | ||
The "Republic of the Congo" gets its start first off with a deal between the French and Teke | The "Republic of the Congo" gets its start first off with a deal between the French and Teke Kingdom on the north bank of the [[Congo River|Congo River.]]<ref>{{Citation|year=2011|title=Oxford Dictionary of African Biography|title-url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001/acref-9780195382075-e-1533?rskey=IawgSn&result=1535|section=Ngalifourou (1864–1956)}}</ref> This particular state establishes itself in the whirlwind of Central Africa's formal "decolonization" in response to [[Gaullist 1958 Referendum]]<ref>{{Web citation|newspaper=Journal officiel de la République française|title=PROCLAMATION des resultats des votes emis par le peuple francais a l'occasion de sa consultation par voie de referendum, le 28 septembre 1958.|date=1958-09-28|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UxAkAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA9177#v=onepage&q&f=false|retrieved=2024-07-03}}</ref> and declaration of independence in 1960.<ref name=":0" /> The original deal made with the Teke, or Anziku Kingdom, coalesced within these borders, around Brazzaville as its mouthpiece. The state, still "[[Francafrique]]" when it comes to currency<ref>{{Citation|author=Walter Rodney|year=1972|title=How Europe Underdeveloped Africa|title-url=http://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/rodney-walter/how-europe/ch05.htm|page=254|quote=The Bank of British West Africa (which became the Bank of West | ||
Africa in 1957) and Barclays held between them the lion’s share of the | Africa in 1957) and Barclays held between them the lion’s share of the | ||
banking business of British West Africa, just as French West and | banking business of British West Africa, just as French West and |