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Kidumu Mantantu

DR Congolese footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ3844901 ↗
Source-derived summary

Raoul Albert Kidumu Mantantu (born 17 November 1946) is a former Congolese football midfielder who played for Zaire in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He played for Diables Rouges de Thysville and SC Imana.

Editorial summary

“Kidumu Mantantu” enters the record as dR Congolese footballer. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kidumu, Mantantu and Congolese can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1946, 1974—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1946-11-17. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kidumu, Mantantu and Congolese.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Kidumu Mantantu” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kidumu, Mantantu and Congolese provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3844901. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1946 and 1974.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kidumu Mantantu”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kidumu Mantantu primary sources, Kidumu Mantantu archive and Kidumu research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kidumu Mantantu”?
  2. Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
  3. Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kidumu Mantantu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.