Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei pene - Ko te taone nui o Lubumbashi i Congo (Kinshasa) i mohiotia i mua ko "Élisabethville", a i tapaina hei whakahonore i a ia i te tau 1910 i te mea ko te Belgian Congo i taua wa. I whakaaetia tōna ingoa o nāianei i te tau 1966, i muri i ngā tau e ono o te tautohetohe whai muri i te rangatiratanga.
I te tau 1928, ka tīmata te kāwanatanga o Joseph Desire Mobutu ki te whakakore i ngā ingoa whenua o te wā o te koroni.