Editing Joseph Kasa-Vubu (section)

== Legacy ==
Kasa-Vubu's family went into exile following his death, first to Algeria and then Switzerland.{{sfn|Kisangani|2009|p=265}} One of his daughters, [[Justine Kasa-Vubu|Justine M'Poyo Kasa-Vubu]], eventually returned to the Congo (then called [[Zaire]]) in the 1990s. In 1997, she was appointed a cabinet minister by [[Laurent Kabila]] and then ambassador to Belgium.{{sfn|Kisangani|2009}} A bust of Kasa-Vubu's visage was erected on his tomb in September 2002 at the urging of his supporters.{{sfn|De Groof|2020|p=60}}

Kasa-Vubu's role in Congolese history has been overshadowed in literature by Lumumba and Mobutu.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://theconversation.com/from-mobutu-to-kabila-the-drc-is-paying-a-heavy-price-for-autocrats-at-its-helm-79455| title = From Mobutu to Kabila, the DRC is paying a heavy price for autocrats at its helm| last = Loffman| first = Reuben| date = 22 June 2017| website = [[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]]| access-date = 18 January 2018| archive-date = 18 January 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180118180947/http://theconversation.com/from-mobutu-to-kabila-the-drc-is-paying-a-heavy-price-for-autocrats-at-its-helm-79455| url-status = live}}</ref> Anthropologist Yolanda Covington-Ward wrote that, contrary to Lumumba's "privileged" position in historiography on Congolese nationalism, Kasa-Vubu and ABAKO were the primary "driving force" behind the independence movement.{{sfn|Covington-Ward|2012|p=73}}