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11. Case StudyHard

Mobuto changed the name of the country and the river to Zaire with the objective of Africanising names. However, the name Zaire was a Portuguese alteration of Nzadi o Nzere, a local African term meaning 'River that swallows Rivers'. Which one of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?

A. Mobuto was not entirely successful in Africanising the name of his country.

B. The term Nzadi o Nzere was of Portuguese origin.

C. Mobuto's desire to Africanise names was prevented by the Portuguese.

D. As a dictator, Mobuto ordered the Portuguese to alter the name of the river to Zaire.