Why Are There Two Congos?

A short video explaining why there are two countries with very similar names. The Democratic Republic of the Congo and its neighbour, the Republic of the Congo. I also talk about some similar naming issues, as well as briefly looking at many African nations that share the same colour scheme.

In this video, I briefly touch on the European colonisation of Africa. This is a topic which I plan on doing an entire video on some day in the not too distant future.

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[WonderWhy]

I said "West" but meant East!! The text is correct but my narration is wrong. Austria comes from the German for EAST. Sorry about that!

This is a little different from my other videos, dealing with a fairly simply question which isn't exactly all that complex, and then later looking at some similar situations and then going off on a minor tangent about the flags. Perhaps I can get around to doing that video about the colonisation of Africa towards the end of this year.

I know some people prefer these kinds of short videos, that I plan on doing every so often, but the usual 10+ minute video about a complicated topic will always be my "normal" style of video. For the people who prefer longer, more in depth videos, those will remain my primary uploads, but hopefully you don't mind a wee change and a video like this often once in a while.

Thanks for watching. Sorry about the error!

Cheers, Chris.

[petersmythe]

"Leopoldville"
That's like naming Tel Aviv "Hitlerville."

[sweetwheatsy]

King Leopold 2's reign over Congo is definitely one of the saddest atrocities in human history that is not that often talked about. Terrible.

[queenestherc-squared]

Hey, as a Congolese 🇨🇩 I must say you did a good job 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Unlike other neighbouring countries, we share the same culture and language with our twin 🇨🇬

[boogeymann]

Welcome to the "Congo Free State"
the most unfree state in the world

[Shirokroete]

The modern history of Africa is sad, but interesting. Props for shedding light on something we usually don't hear about !

[VexillologyHub]

Actually the Congos have the second closest capitals in the world. The closest are Rome and Vatican City.

[unclepodger]

I never wondered why there were two Congos, but I DID wonder why "WonderWhy" has uploaded within the space of less than 6 months

[Mr_Apple]

As a Belgian before watching: "oh no..."

[reimei]

"In the near future"

See you guys in 6 months

[Tomtiedom]

Love how you cover lots of extra info instead of sticking to the base question. Answers usually lead to new questions, and you deliver on that the same way a curious mind works. Thanks for the good video!

[TheMorris]

This was like 5 episodes of Name Explain in one, plus some history

[SDZ]

This is why you never let Europeans name countries ... or draw borders for that matter.

[AGS]

Fun Fact: Most of the old Kingdom of Congo is now in Angola.

[rutgerhol]

Austria actually comes from the german word east, not west

[glody]

I am from Congo DRC i was born there and lived there for 22 years. And in my opinion, except for the river, i think it's mostly due to the fact that there KONGO kingdom that included the actual Angola, DRC, Congo-Brazzaville and a part of Gabon...

🇨🇩😍💪

[tman]

*Rest In Peace king 🤴🏾 Patrice Lumumba*

[redphoenix]

I like how you take quality over quantity

[pztfootball]

What a phenomenal video, so many people forget about how Mobutu came to power, and the impact of lumumbas assassination so thanks for including it

[RamblinPhoenix]

Years ago I lived in Switzerland.

Very occasionally we would have mail delayed becasue it had been sent to Swaziland.

...so yhaa...that was a thing...