Some students, such as Noé Mikouiza and Simon Mampouya, later enjoyed privileges of oversight in Jehovah’s organization.

Noé Mikouiza, one of the technical-school students, remembers a question that was on their minds. They asked: “Is it forbidden to drink wine?”

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Members of an early Bible study group in 1949, from left to right: Jean-Seth Mountsamboté, Timothée and Odile Miemounoua, and Noé Mikouiza