Round 2: Tossup 7

Raffaelo Schmiamossi depicted an ambassador of a kingdom with this name wearing a raffia cloth. In 1518, a prince from a kingdom with this name, Henrique, was appointed Bishop of Utica. (15[2])After founding Antonianism, the heretic Kimpa Vita was burned at the stake in a kingdom with this name. Adam Hochschild chronicled abuses in a colony (15[1])with this name (15[1])in a (15[1])book (15[1])titled for a ruler’s (15[1])“Ghost.” (15[1])Irish Diplomat Roger (*) Casement reported on the Force Publique’s hand-cutting tactics in a colony with this name. A “Free State” with this name was ruled by Leopold II of Belgium. For 10 points, Brazzaville and Kinshasa are separated by a river with what name? ■END■

ANSWER: Congo [accept Kingdom of Kongo or Congo Free State or Democratic Republic of the Congo or Republic of Congo; accept Henrique of Kongo or Afonso I of Kongo or Antonio Manuel of Kongo; prompt on DRC or ROC; reject “Zaire” or “Angola”]
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