Volume 39, Number 8 · April 23, 1992
De Gaulle and His Myth
By Robert O. Paxton
De Gaulle: Vol. I, The Rebel: 1890-1944
by Jean Lacouture, translated by Patrick O'Brian
Norton, 615 pp., $29.95
De Gaulle: Vol. II, The Ruler: 1945-1970
by Jean Lacouture, translated by Alan Sheridan
Norton, 640 pp., $29.95
In the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), a syncretic religion has arisen around a cult of General Charles de Gaulle. Its altars are decorated with Crosses of Lorraine and large 'V's' for victory. Its followers sing and dance to invoke Ngolo, which is also the word for power in the Bakongo language.
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